word-vault/dist/data/cards/ch/charming.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "charming",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very pleasant or attractive",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The cottage is tiny, but it's charming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a charming person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a charming name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an exquisitely charming portrait"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was certainly charming, but he was also ruthless and ambitious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We visited the charming old spa town of Moffat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What is she really like behind that charming facade?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "very", "etc."]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to show that you have a low opinion of somebody’s behaviour",
            "labels": "(ironic, informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They left me to tidy it all up myself. Charming, wasn't it?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/charming/charming__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/charming/charming__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}