al·lure

(ə-lo͝or′)

v. al·lured, al·lur·ing, al·lures

v.tr.

To attract with something desirable; entice: Promises of quick profits allure the unwary investor.

v.intr.

To be highly, often subtly attractive: charms that still allure.

The power to attract; enticement.

[Middle English aluren, from Old French alurer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + loirre, bait (of Germanic origin).]

al·lure′ment n.

al·lur′er n.

al·lur′ing·ly adv.

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alluring

(əˈljʊərɪŋ; əˈlʊə-)

adj

enticing; fascinating; attractive

alˈluringly adv

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al•lur•ing

(əˈlʊər ɪŋ)

adj.

1. very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.

2. fascinating; charming.

[1525–35]

al•lur′ing•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

alluring - 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"

beguiling, enticing, tempting

seductive - tending to entice into a desired action or state

alluring

adjective attractive, fascinating, enchanting, seductive, tempting, sexy, intriguing, fetching, glamorous, captivating, beguiling, bewitching, come-hither The truly alluring woman is a mix of many elements.
unattractive, repellent, repulsive, repugnant, off-putting (Brit. informal), abhorrent

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alluring

adjective

Tending to seduce:

bewitching, come-hither, enticing, inveigling, inviting, luring, seductive, siren, tempting, witching.

Translations

جَذَّاب جِدَاً، مُغْرِ ،مُغْـوِ

lákavýsvůdný

fristendelokkende

verlockend

affriolant aguicheur alléchant attachant attirant

freistandi, heillandi

allettante

gundantisviliojantis

kārdinošsvilinošs

forlokkende fristende

cazip

诱惑的

alluring

[əˈljʊərɪŋ] ADJ → seductor, atrayente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

alluring

[əˈlʊərɪŋ] adj (= attractive) [person] → séduisant(e), charmant(e); [place] → attrayant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

alluring

adj, alluringly

adv → verführerisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

alluring

[əˈljʊərɪŋ] adj → allettante, seducente

alluring

(əˈljuəriŋ) adjective

attractive, tempting.

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Mysteriously jetted into the clear moonlight, or starlight, as the case might be; disappearing again for one whole day, or two days, or three; and somehow seeming at every distinct repetition to be advancing still further and further in our van, this solitary jet seemed for ever alluring us on.

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It is monstrous that for no offence but the wish to produce something beautiful, and the mistake of his powers in that direction, a writer should become the prey of some ferocious wit, and that his tormentor should achieve credit by his lightness and ease in rending his prey; it is shocking to think how alluring and depraving the fact is to the young reader emulous of such credit, and eager to achieve it.

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Kitty wrote that no prospect was so alluring as to spend the summer with Dolly at Ergushovo, full of childish associations for both of them.

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Alluring brooks of crystal water flowed sparkling between their flower-strewn banks, while scattered over the valley were dozens of the quaintest and most picturesque cottages our travelers had ever beheld.

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This disquieting apparition was stretching out its arms toward the west, as if in supplication for the evening star, which, certainly, was an alluring object, though obviously out of reach.

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To-day she had fashioned croquignoles of the most fantastic and alluring shapes for him.

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