animal magnetism
Instinctive sexual pull
Animal magnetism is a compelling physical presence or sexual attractiveness that draws others in.
The phrase suggests an instinctive, primal appeal that operates below conscious awareness: He had an animal magnetism that made him irresistible.
The term originated with an 18th-century theory about invisible forces flowing between living beings, but now refers purely to personal charisma with erotic undertones.
Attractive, tempting quality
- appealFormal review request
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- desirabilityQuality of being sought
- pullForce toward oneself
draw · enticement · fascination · lure · temptation · pheromones · sexiness · spark
Something hard to fathom
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- veiledConcealed or obscured
unknowable · ineffable · inexplicable · otherworldly · hypnotic · mesmerizing · spellbinding · entrancing
Power to do work
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- vigorActive physical strength
- potencyDegree of strength
- powerEnergy transfer rate
electricity · radiance · fervor · passion · fire · spirit · liveliness · exuberance
Attractive personal quality
- presenceState of being somewhere
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- star qualityIndefinable performer appeal
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
likability · confidence · swagger · panache · vivacity · sparkle · eloquence · leadership
Driven by natural impulse
- rawnessUnrefined or exposed state
- visceralArising from deep instinct
- primitiveIn earliest form
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
untamed · wild · feral · carnal · base instincts · biological · innate · subconscious
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
- appealFormal review request
- chemistryStudy of substances' interactions
- desirabilityQuality of being sought
pull · draw · enticement · fascination · lure · temptation · pheromones · sexiness · spark · irresistibility
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
veiled · unknowable · ineffable · inexplicable · otherworldly · hypnotic · mesmerizing · spellbinding · entrancing · beguiling
energy
Power to do work
power · electricity · radiance · fervor · passion · fire · spirit · liveliness · exuberance · forcefulness
charm
Attractive personal quality
- presenceState of being somewhere
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- star qualityIndefinable performer appeal
personality · likability · confidence · swagger · panache · vivacity · sparkle · eloquence · leadership · influence
instinctual
Driven by natural impulse
gut feeling · untamed · wild · feral · carnal · base instincts · biological · innate · subconscious · libido
- attractionattraction, chemistry, allure, draw, fascination
- Hypnotismhypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, mesmerist, trance
- medical historyHippocrates, germ theory, bloodletting, Galen, four humors
- obsolete sciencephlogiston, aether, phlogiston theory, ether, caloric
- old medicinebloodletting, leeches, leech therapy, leeching, cupping
- Old Sciencephlogiston, aether, ether, caloric, miasma
animal magnetismrepulsiveness
Quality inspiring strong aversion
unattractiveness · repellence · creepiness · the ick · loathsomeness
animal magnetismblandness
Absence of distinctive qualities
invisibility · forgettableness · colorlessness · sexlessness · dullness
animal, animals, animated, animation, magnetic, animate, magnetism, animating, inanimate