charming

Pluralcharmings

1. 1
   adjective

   Nice and friendly in a way that makes people like you.

   Like a warm smile that makes you want to stay and talk.

   The new student is charming, and everyone wants to sit with her.

   We stayed in a charming little hotel by the sea.

   Similarcharismatic, witty

   Oppositedull, charmless

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2. 2
   adjective

   Fun and likable in a playful way, even when not being serious or responsible.

   He just smiled in a charming way and let his sister clean up the mess.

   She was late again, but she was so charming about it that the teacher forgave her.

   Similardisarming, winning, endearing, engaging, beguiling

   Oppositecharmless

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of charm. Use it after words like is or was, or to name the action itself.

   The street performer was charming a cobra out of its basket in the market.

   He kept charming the teachers into giving him more time for his homework.

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4. 4
   interjectionironicBritish

   Said in a joking, annoyed way when someone is rude or behaves badly.

   "Charming!" said Mum when my brother burped at the dinner table.

   He let the door swing back in my face, and I said, "Charming."

   Similarnice, great

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of putting a magic spell on someone or something.

   In the fairy tale, the witch's charming put the whole castle to sleep.

   The wizard used a charming to keep wolves away from the village.

   Similarenchantment, bewitchment

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