charming
US: /ˈtʃɑɹmɪŋ/
UK: /tʃˈɑːmɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
charming /'tʃɑ:miɳ/- tính từ
- đẹp, duyên dáng, yêu kiều; có sức quyến rũ, làm say mê, làm mê mẩn
- a charming smile: nụ cười duyên dáng
- đẹp, duyên dáng, yêu kiều; có sức quyến rũ, làm say mê, làm mê mẩn
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective1 very pleasant or attractive: The cottage is tiny, but it's charming. + She's a charming person. + What a charming name.
2 (ironic, spoken) used to show that you have a low opinion of sb's behaviour: They left me to tidy it all up myself. Charming, wasn't it?
charmingly adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 amulet, talisman, fetish, rabbit's foot, good-luck piece:
She wears a charm to ward off evil spirits.
2 attractiveness, appeal, fascination, allure, magnetism, desirability, elegance, urbanity, sophistication, sophisticatedness, suavity, grace, refinement, cultivatedness, cultivation, culture, polish; magic, enchantment, spell, sorcery:
To Diderot we go not for charm of style but for a store of fertile ideas. To get ahead Colin relies more on his charm than on his ability.
3 charms. beauty, attractiveness, pulchritude, prettiness, handsomeness, appeal, allure, magnetism, pull, draw:
For all her charm, I would not trust her one inch.
4 like a charm. successfully, perfectly, miraculously, marvellously, extraordinarily, especially well:
His appeal to their egos worked like a charm.
v.
5 influence, control, subdue, bind, put a spell on, bewitch, enchant, seduce, hypnotize, mesmerize, enthral or US enthrall, captivate, delight, fascinate, Literary enrapture:
He charmed them with some tale and they gave him their money.
6 overcome, subdue, calm, soothe, allay, assuage, hypnotize, mesmerize:
Music is said to have qualities capable of charming savages.
Collocation
VERBS
be, look, seem | find sb/sth
ADV.
extremely, really, very | absolutely, altogether, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, utterly
She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.
| rather | exquisitely
an exquisitely charming portrait
Concise dictionary
'tʃɑrmɪŋ/'tʃɑːm-adj.
+pleasing or delighting
+possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
charms|charmed|charmingtʃɑːm
noun
+attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
+a verbal formula believed to have magical force
+something believed to bring good luck
+(physics) one of the six flavors of quark
verb
+attract; cause to be enamored
+control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
+protect through supernatural powers or charms
+induce into action by using one's charm
