charming
AdjectiveUS[chahr-ming]/ˈtʃɑrmɪŋ/2 syllables
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Adjective (2)
- pleasing or delighting“endowed with charming manners”“a charming little cottage”“a charming personality”Opposite displeasingSimilar pleasing
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers“charming incantations”“magic signs that protect against adverse influence”“a magical spell”“'tis now the very witching time of night — Shakespeare”“wizard wands”“wizardly powers”Synonyms: magicmagicalsorcerouswitchingwizardwizardlyOpposite naturalSimilar supernatural
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Translations
Adjective pleasant, charismatic
- Spanish
- encantador
- French
- charmant
- German
- charmant
- Italian
- affascinante
- Portuguese
- charmoso
- Turkish
- alımlı
- Russian
- очарова́тельный očarovátelʹnyj
- Chinese
- 迷人 mírén
- Dutch
- charmant
- Polish
- uroczy
13 more languages
- Swedish
- charmig
- Korean
- 귀엽다 gwiyeopda
- Portuguese (PT)
- charmoso
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 迷人 mírén
- Catalan
- encantador
- Czech
- okouzlující
- Danish
- charmerende
- Finnish
- hurmaava
- Hebrew
- מקסים maksím
- Norwegian
- sjarmerende
- Romanian
- șarmant
- Serbo-Croatian
- šarmantan
- Yiddish
- באַחנט bakheynt
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Charm′ing adjective
Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
How charming is divine philosophy.— John Milton
Synonyms: - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning.
— Charm′wb-a1′>′ing·ly, adverb — Charm′wb-a1′>′ing·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54