ALLURING Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word alluring. (close relations)
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appealing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • able to attract interest or draw favorable attention • (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | ||||||||
attractive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm • having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull adjective satellite • having power to arouse interest | ||||||||
captivating | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • capturing interest as if by a spell | ||||||||
charming | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • pleasing or delighting • possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | ||||||||
enticing | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire | ||||||||
seductive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • tending to entice into a desired action or state | ||||||||
tempt | verbv | |||||||
verb • dispose or incline or entice to • provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion • give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting • induce into action by using one's charm • try to seduce • try presumptuously | ||||||||
allurement | nounn | |||||||
noun • attractiveness • the power to entice or attract through personal charm • the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | ||||||||
attract | verbv | |||||||
verb • direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes • be attractive to • exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | ||||||||
decoy | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) • something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed verb • lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy | ||||||||
entice | verbv | |||||||
verb • provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | ||||||||
temptingness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the power to entice or attract through personal charm |