desirableness

Quality of allure

Desirableness is the quality of being desirable—worth wanting or having.

The word is interchangeable with desirability but sounds more old-fashioned and appears far less frequently: The desirableness of the location made it expensive.

Most writers today prefer desirability.

worth

value

Importance or price

advantage · benefit · preferability · eligibility · suitability · fitness · worthiness · advantageousness · expedience · profitability

value

worth

Degree of importance

importance · significance · advantage · usefulness · relevance · excellence · quality · virtue · asset · gain

allure

attractiveness

Pleasing quality that draws

temptation · fascination · captivation · enchantment · irresistibility · glamour · lure · bewitchment · magnetism · draw

charm

grace

Effortless beauty of motion

wit · sparkle · radiance · finesse · flair · polish · aura · presence · panache · dazzle

Opposites
appeal/attractiveness

desirablenessundesirableness

Quality of being unwanted

undesirability · repulsiveness · repugnance · unattractiveness · offensiveness

advisability/prudence

desirablenessinadvisability

Unwise nature of something

undesirability · imprudence · inexpedience · injudiciousness · unwisdom

Family

desire, desired, desirable, desires, undesirable, desiring, desirous, undesired, desirability

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G