al·lure ( -l r )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. n. 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. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  allurement - attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness"enticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce |
| 2. |  allurement - the power to entice or attract through personal charmattractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" invitation - a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble" | |
| 3. |  allurement - the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)enticement, temptation - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless" |
Translations
allurement
n → Anziehungskraft f, → Reiz m
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