Antonyms for Charming
ˈtʃɑr mɪŋcharm·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. charmingadjective

   pleasant, charismatic

   Antonyms:
   dull

   Synonyms:
   smart, witty, charismatic

2. charmingadjective

   delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

   Synonyms:
   silly

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. charming

   That is charming or bewitching which is adapted to win others as by a magic spell. Enchanting, enrapturing, entrancing represent the influence as not only supernatural, but irresistible and delightful. That which is fascinating may win without delighting, drawing by some unseen power, as a serpent its prey; we can speak of horrible fascination. Charming applies only to what is external to oneself; delightful may apply to personal experiences or emotions as well; we speak of a charming manner, a charming dress, but of delightful anticipations. Compare AMIABLE; BEAUTIFUL.

   Synonyms:
   bewitching, captivating, delightful, enchanting, enrapturing, entrancing, fascinating, winning

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. charmingadjective

   pleasing or delighting

   "endowed with charming manners"; "a charming little cottage"; "a charming personality"

   Antonyms:
   natural, displeasing

   Synonyms:
   magic, sorcerous, wizard(a), wizardly, witching(a), magical

2. charming, magic, magical, sorcerous, witching(a), wizard(a), wizardlyadjective

   possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

   "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers"

   Antonyms:
   natural, displeasing

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1. charmingadjective

   Antonyms:
   charmless, unattractive, repellent, repulsive

   Synonyms:
   bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enrapturing, entrancing, magical, fascinating, winning, ecstatic, siren, delightful, winsome, seductive, ravishing

How to use Charming in a sentence?

1. James Thomson:

   Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away.

2. Arielle Baskin-Sommers:

   Just on the general human level, people want to feel wanted and want to feel connected and want to feel complimented, and some of these men are very good at doing those things. Ted Bundy was very charming and very engaging. And so Carole Ann Boone could imagine for any human being, once Carole Ann Boone're kind of sucked in and charmed and engaged, Carole Ann Boone do anything to kind of discount the examples of behavior that might be more problematic.

3. Whenever Matthew Dunn:

   Spies operate in the gray zone, i was working with people, foreign nationals, who were charming and very bright, but I knew their background and some of them were absolute monsters in terms of what they had done.

4. Brian Sicknick:

   They were very charming, they knew what they were doing, they knew how to talk to us, but we kind of held back, it was just, it was tense, and we made believe everything was fine and we were very nice to them, for the most part.

5. Alfred North Whitehead:

   I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad.

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