CHARMING

[adjective] [dated] approvingCharming means pleasant."What delightful children!" "Yes, they're charming."We had dinner with our director and his charming wife.What a charming street you live in.(disapproving) Charming is also used of people who use their attractiveness to influence people or to make other people like them.He's very charming but I wouldn't trust him.(disapproving) Charming can also express lack of approval, sometimes humorously.She invited you out for a drink and then ignored you all evening, did she? - well, that's charming!"Shut up, will you, I'm trying to study!" "Oh, charming!"