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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISARMING, ppr. Stripping of arms or weapons; subduing; rendering harmless.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1839 allaying criticism or hostility ; ingratiating <a disarming smile> • disarmingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson. 2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller. The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson. 2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone or something is disarming, they make you feel less angry or hostile. Leonard approached with a disarming smile... ADJ • disarmingly He is, as ever, business-like, and disarmingly honest... ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV with v

Moby Thesaurus

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