word | disarming |
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definition | Tending to remove any feelings of unfriendliness or distrust. |
eg_sentence | All of us at the meeting were charmed by the new manager's disarming openness and modesty. |
explanation | A defeated country is sometimes forced to disarm (give up its weapons), and research may be aimed at disarming a deadly virus (making it incapable of doing damage). But the meaning of the adjective disarming isn't quite so physical. If you say your nephew has a disarming smile, you mean that his smile's warmth and genuineness disarm the people he meets of any possible suspicion or criticism and of any verbal weapons they might have used against him |
IPA | dɪˈsɑrmɪŋ |
Tags: mwvb::unit:27, mwvb::unit:27:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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