Alluring

  • 1alluring — alluring; un·alluring; …

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  • 2Alluring — Al*lur ing, a. That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. {Al*lur ing*ly}, adv. {Al*lur ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3alluring — index attractive, provocative, sapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4alluring — attractive, charming, fascinating, bewitching, enchanting, captivating (see under ATTRACT vb) Analogous words: lovely, fair, *beautiful, pretty, bonny: seductive, enticing, tempting, luring (see corresponding verbs at LURE): beguiling, delusive… …

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  • 5alluring — [adj] attractive beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enticing, magnetic, seductive, tempting, winning; concepts 529,579 …

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  • 6alluring — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive; tempting. DERIVATIVES alluringly adverb …

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  • 7alluring — [ə loor′iŋ, aloor′iŋ] adj. tempting strongly; highly attractive; charming alluringly adv …

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  • 8alluring — [[t]əljʊ͟ərɪŋ, AM əl ʊrɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is alluring is very attractive. Why are the contents of the next person s shopping trolley always more alluring than one s own? ...the most alluring city in South East Asia. Syn …

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  • 9alluring — {{11}}alluring (adj.) appealing to desires, 1570s, prp. adjective from ALLURE (Cf. allure) (v.). Related: Alluringly. {{12}}alluring (n.) 1530s, action of attracting, verbal noun from ALLURE (Cf. allure) (v.) …

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  • 10alluring — adjective highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire an alluring prospect her alluring smile the voice was low and beguiling difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement a tempting invitation • Syn: ↑beguiling, ↑ …

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