attractiveness

at·trac·tive  (-trktv)

adj.

1. Having the power to attract.

2. Pleasing to the eye or mind; charming.

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at·tractive·ly adv.

at·tractive·ness n.

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Attractiveness 

See Also:BEAUTY, DESIRABILITY, PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

1. Adorable as a baby —Anon

   Babies have long been linked with adjectives that equate appealing (or peaceful) qualities. This commonly used form may have its origins in Swinburne’s “Adorable as is nothing save a child.”

2. Alluring as a ripe peach —Guy de Maupassant
3. Appealing as power to a politician —Anon
4. Appealing as something for nothing —Anon
5. Appealing as sunlight after a storm —Anon
6. An appeal shone from her as light from a twisted filament —John Updike
7. As likable as a jaguar —William Beechcroft
8. Charm is almost as poor a butter for parsnips as good intentions —Heywood Broun
9. Charm rolled off him like a halo off an angel —James Kirkwood

   In the television movie adaptation of Kirkwood’s There Must Be a Pony the character played by Elizabeth Taylor uses this simile to characterize the man played by Robert Wagner.

10. Cute as a bug’s ear —Bobbie Ann Mason
11. Dazzle like an impressionistic painting in which every brush stroke tells and contains something germane to the whole —V. S. Pritchett on George Meredith
12. Decorative as the scalps of an Indian brave —Frank Swinnerton
13. (The novel is often as) disarming as a work of folk art —Bethami Probst, New York Times Book Review, April 12, 1987
14. Have all the charm of a black widow —Pia Lindstrom, television movie review, 1986
15. Interesting, like a plot in the mystery books —Louise Erdrich
16. Inviting as a down comforter —Anon
17. Look like something that ought to be eaten for dessert —Irwin Shaw
18. More alluring than an invitation to visit rich and charming friends on the Côte d’Or —Ogden Nash
19. Seductive as Cleopatra —Louis Bromfield
20. She’s like a mound of nectarines —Saul Bellow
21. Unappealing as a meringue with hardly any crust —Anon

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	attractiveness - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" attraction affinity - a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" allure, temptingness, allurement - the power to entice or attract through personal charm binding - the capacity to attract and hold something drawing power - the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) fascination - the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations" lure, come-on, enticement - qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward sexual attraction - attractiveness on the basis of sexual desire show-stopper, showstopper - something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal; "she has a show-stopper of a smile"; "the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	2.	attractiveness - sexual allure                         beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses adorability, adorableness - extreme attractiveness animal magnetism, beguilement, bewitchery - magnetic personal charm charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism - a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others oomph, sex appeal, desirability, desirableness - attractiveness to the opposite sex appealingness, charm, appeal - attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her" spiff - attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner; "he gets by largely on pure spiff" unattractiveness - an ugliness of appearance that is not appealing to viewers

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attractiveness

noun

1. seductiveness, appeal, beauty, charm, good looks, fairness, allure, magnetism, desirability, loveliness, prettiness, gorgeousness, handsomeness, pulchritude (formal or literary), winsomeness, comeliness, engagingness, glamorousness or glamourousness, likableness or likeableness, prepossessingness, takingness, winningness Physical attractiveness can play a major part in how we react to people.
seductiveness ugliness, unsightliness, unbecomingness

2. appeal, magnetism, pleasantness, agreeableness, agreeability, enticingness, pleasingness The forest enhances the attractiveness of the region.
appeal unpleasantness, offensiveness, repulsiveness, disagreeableness, distastefulness, disagreeability

Translations

attractiveness [əˈtræktɪvnɪs] N [of person, place, voice, price, offer] → lo atractivo

attractiveness [əˈtræktɪvnɪs] n

(= pleasant appearance) [place, region] → charme m; [person] → beauté f, charme m

(= appeal) [scheme, project, price] → attrait m

attractiveness

n → Attraktivität f; (of house, furnishing, view etc) → Reiz m; the attractiveness of her appearance → ihr reizvolles or ansprechendes or anziehendes Äußeres; the attractiveness of the melody → die ansprechende Melodie

attractiveness [əˈtræktɪvnɪs] n (of proposition, offer) → attrattiva; (of voice, person) → fascino