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- Dictionarycharm·ing/ˈCHärmiNG/
adjective
- 1. pleasant or attractive: "a charming country cottage"
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The meaning of CHARMING is extremely pleasing or delightful : entrancing. How to use charming in a sentence.
CHARMING definition: 1. pleasant and attractive: 2. used to describe people who use their attractiveness to influence…. Learn more.
Charming definition: pleasing; delightful. See examples of CHARMING used in a sentence.
Something charming is usually pleasing or delightful. More rarely, it can be something supernatural. Charms are magical objects and something charming puts you under its spell.
If you describe someone as charming, you mean they behave in a friendly, pleasant way that makes people like them. ...a charming young man. He found her as smart and beautiful as she is charming. He can be charming to his friends. [ + to] charmingly adverb [ADVERB after verb] B2. Calder smiled charmingly and put out his hand.
Definition of charming adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
: a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights. the charm of this imaginative story. b. : a physical grace (see grace entry 1 sense 3) or attractionused in plural. her feminine charms. c. : compelling attractiveness. the island possessed great charm.
to act upon (someone or something) with or as with a compelling or magical force: to charm a bird from a tree. to endow with or protect by supernatural powers. to gain or influence through personal charm: He charmed a raise out of his boss. verb (used without object) to be fascinating or pleasing. to use charms. to act as a charm. charm. 2.
adjective. /ˈtʃɑrmɪŋ/ very pleasant or attractive The cottage is tiny, but it's charming. She's a charming person. What a charming name. Want to learn more?
a quality that makes you like or feel attracted to someone or something: a woman of great charm. old-world charm It's a town with a lot of old-world charm. turn on the charm Even as a young boy he knew how to turn on the charm (= be pleasant intentionally) when he wanted something. I had to use all my charms to get them to lend us the hall.
