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Adjective disarming has 2 senses
- disarming - capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; "a disarming smile"
Antonym: displeasing (indirect, via pleasing)
- disarming - capable of allaying hostility
Antonym: provocative (indirect, via unprovocative)
Noun disarming has 1 sense
- disarming, disarmament - act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of the aggressor nations must be complete"
--1 is a kind of demobilization, demobilisation
Antonyms: arming, armament, equipping
Verb disarm has 3 senses
- disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise - remove offensive capability from
Antonyms: arm, build up, fortify, gird
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- disarm - make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"
--2 is one way to convert, win over, convince
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot disarm Sue
- disarm, unarm - take away the weapons from; render harmless
--3 is one way to deprive, strip, divest
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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