charming

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
I find his French accent in English charming in "L'Auberge espagnole" (2002) though he looked blander (callow) then.

View all »
Definitions (5)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

  1. Having the effect of a charm; fascinating; enchanting; hence, pleasing in the highest degree; delightful. To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. 12. Harmony divine So smoothes her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted. Milton, P. L., v. 626. He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal′d. Thomson, Autumn, l. 229.
  2. Synonyms Enchanting, bewitching, captivating, delightful, lovely.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Her smile charming, her expression serene, Sophie dipped and swayed through the complicated figures, conscious of treading a very fine line. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • I saw them all off between eleven and twelve: I was charming, and if you only knew with whom; what physiognomies, what folk, what talk Another time the child, whispering in his ear, asks why her mother bade her not remind him that the morrow was the mother's fete-day. —  Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2)
  • He had the good luck to marry a wife who was clever as well as charming, and could help him. —  The Story of My Life
  • It should have been homely and charming, and yet a pall of sadness hung over that home, and I was oddly uneasy. —  Kushiel’s Avatar
  • But with the exception of this little mistake it was really charming, and the last long G I have never heard better, or purer, or more natural, from any amateur. —  Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen V.1.
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 166 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Suggestions Wordniks Suggest

Used in the same contextWord Family

charming:   charm ·  charms ·  charmed
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a week.

Recently looked up

Longchamp · forecast · extirpation · Lobbies · yellow

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

eu oi oìa u ou e u oìa · the octopi are dry · Kansas City · spell it rite · put it in your pocket