rizz up

Turn on appeal

To rizz up someone is to flirt with or charm them, typically with confident, smooth talk.

The phrase comes from rizz, slang for charisma or seductive appeal: He tried to rizz her up at the party but struck out.

Successfully rizzing someone up means winning their romantic or sexual interest through personal magnetism.

Related
  • flirtingPlayfully showing romantic interest
  • chat upFlirtatiously engage someone
  • seductionEnticing someone romantically
  • slangInformal in-group vocabulary
  • courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor

confidence · swagger · smooth talker · smooth operator · game · charisma · vibe · boldness · magnetism · cook · macking · infatuation · desire · allure · charm offensive · drip · pickup lines · excitement

Opposites
romantic/sexual attraction effect

rizz uprepel

Drive off or disgust

turn off · disgust · gross out · creep out · put off

social engagement quality

rizz upbore

Tiresome individual or drill

put to sleep · lose · disengage · tune out

confidence and charisma display

rizz upfumble

Handle with clumsy fingers

choke · crash and burn · flop · blow it · self-sabotage

Family

rizz, rizzed, rizzing

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Known to kids · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG