disarming

disarming
    adj 1: capable of allaying hostility
    n 1: act of reducing or depriving of arms; "the disarmament of
         the aggressor nations must be complete" [syn: {disarming},
         {disarmament}] [ant: {armament}, {arming}, {equipping}]
    

Disarm \Dis*arm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarming}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Disarming}.] [OE. desarmen, F. d['e]sarmer; pref. d['e]s-
   (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See {Arm}.]
   1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to
      deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render
      defenseless.
      [1913 Webster]

            Security disarms the best-appointed army. --Fuller.
      [1913 Webster]

            The proud was half disarmed of pride. --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to
      render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.
      [1913 Webster]
    

disarming \disarming\ adj.
   1. capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring
      confidence; as, a disarming smile.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. capable of allaying hostility.
      [WordNet 1.5]
    

disarming \disarming\ n.
   act of reducing or depriving of weapons.

   Syn: disarmament.
        [WordNet 1.5]
    

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "disarming":
      bland, buttery, deferential, fair-spoken, fine-spoken, fulsome,
      glib, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, ingratiating, insinuating,
      insinuative, oily, oily-tongued, saccharine, silken, silky, smooth,
      smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, smug, soapy, soft-spoken, suave,
      suave-spoken, unctuous