allure
Hard to resist
Allure is magnetic appeal—the quality that draws people toward something desirable.
A city has allure, a career has allure, a mysterious stranger has allure.
The word suggests attraction that's hard to resist but also hard to explain: the allure of fame, the allure of the forbidden.
As a verb, to allure is to entice or attract powerfully.
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- drawCreate with pencil
- magnetismForce between poles
- pullForce toward oneself
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
enticement · captivation · desirability · attractiveness · enchantment · spell · charisma · irresistibility
Intense emotional drive
- desireIntense wanting
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
courtship · wooing · devotion · ardor · longing · yearning · chemistry · spark
Urge toward the unwise
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- coquetryPlayful amorous behavior
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
sultriness · come-on · enticement · beguiling · tantalizing · teasing · vamp · siren
Something that attracts
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
- drawCreate with pencil
- influencePower to affect others
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
temptation · incentive · bait · hook · sway · pull · beckoning · invitation
appeal
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temptation · enticement · captivation · desirability · attractiveness · enchantment · spell · charisma · irresistibility · beguilement
passion
Intense emotional drive
- desireIntense wanting
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
enchantment · courtship · wooing · devotion · ardor · longing · yearning · chemistry · spark · connection
temptation
Urge toward the unwise
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- coquetryPlayful amorous behavior
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
provocativeness · sultriness · come-on · enticement · beguiling · tantalizing · teasing · vamp · siren · femme fatale
enticement
Something that attracts
- inducementMotivating factor or offer
- drawCreate with pencil
- influencePower to affect others
coaxing · temptation · incentive · bait · hook · sway · pull · beckoning · invitation · promise
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
chic · opulence · prestige · panache · mystique · glitz · dazzle · radiance · polish · refinement
- beautymakeup, cosmetics, lipstick, mascara, eyeliner
- Beauty Idealsgolden ratio, ideal proportions, ideal form, perfect form, beauty standard
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
- interestinterest rate, compound interest, simple interest, accrued interest, curiosity
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, ugly
- Beauty Qualitiesbeauty, elegance, grace, prettiness, radiance
allurerepulsion
Disgust or pushing-away force
repel · repulsiveness · revulsion · aversion · alienation
allureugliness
Displeasing appearance quality
hideousness · grotesqueness · offensiveness · unpleasantness · obnoxiousness
alluredeter
Prevent through intimidation
dissuade · deterrence · repulse · warn · discourage
- sexual allureAttractiveness that provokes desire
- romantic allureAppealing quality inspiring desire
- youthful allureCharm from seeming young
alluring, allured, allures, allurement, allurements, allurer