1.
[syn: disarming, disarmament]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. capable of allaying hostility;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disarm \Dis*arm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming; p. pr. & vb.
n. Disarming.] [OE. desarmen, F. d['e]sarmer; pref. d['e]s-
(L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]
1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to
deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render
defenseless.
[1913 Webster]
Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to
render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disarming \disarming\ adj.
1. capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring
confidence; as, a disarming smile.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. capable of allaying hostility.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disarming \disarming\ n.
act of reducing or depriving of weapons.
Syn: disarmament.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disarming
adj 1: capable of allaying hostility
n 1: act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of
the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: disarming,
disarmament] [ant: armament, arming, equipping]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "disarming":
bland, buttery, deferential, fair-spoken, fine-spoken, fulsome,
glib, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, insinuating,
insinuative, oily, oily-tongued, saccharine, silken, silky, smooth,
smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soapy, soft-spoken, suave,
suave-spoken, unctuous