disarming

5 definitions found

disarming - 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.
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              Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller.
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              The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson.
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     2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to
        render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
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  disarming \disarming\ adj.
     1. capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring
        confidence; as, a disarming smile.
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     2. capable of allaying hostility.
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  disarming \disarming\ n.
     act of reducing or depriving of weapons.
  
     Syn: disarmament.
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disarming - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

disarming - 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