Charming means pleasing and delightful. A charming village, a charming man, absolutely charming.
Of places and things it is warm and slightly old-fashioned praise; of people it can be double-edged, since charm is a skill and a charming person may be working at it. Said flatly, how charming means the opposite. Note that the word comes from charm in its magical sense — to charm was to cast a spell.
1adjectivecharmingPleasing and delightful.
“We stayed in a charming little hotel with flowers on every balcony.”
synonyms: delightful, endearing
charming is a quality of pleasantness.
Charm plus -ing, from Old French charme, from Latin carmen, a song or incantation. Charm first meant a spell.
Middle English
charmynge
English, today
charming
From Middle English charmynge; equivalent to charm + -ing.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA