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Charming vs Slyboots - What's the difference?

charming | slyboots |

As nouns the difference between charming and slyboots

is that charming is the casting of a magical charm while slyboots is a person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.

As an adjective charming

is pleasant, charismatic.

As a verb charming

is present participle of lang=en.

charming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pleasant, charismatic
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  • *
  • delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

    • Antonyms

    * (pleasant) dull

    Synonyms

    * (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) silly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The casting of a magical charm.
  • * (Thomas Middleton)
    • They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

    Anagrams

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    slyboots

    English

    Alternative forms

    *sly-boot *sly-boots *slyboot

    Noun

    (slyboots)
  • (chiefly, British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
  • *1857 , , The Virginians , ch. 83:
  • *:"Oh, you slyboots !" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"
  • *1922 , , Ulysses , episode 15:
  • *:You're such a slyboots , old cocky. I could kiss you.
  • *2004 , , The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana , trans. Geoffrey Brock, Harvest/Harcourt (New York), p. 54:
  • *:This slyboots took me for a ton of money, made me do whatever she wanted.

    • Synonyms

    * artful dodger, con artist, operator, rogue