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Synonyms for alluring
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-loo r-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈlʊər ɪŋ |
Définition of alluring
Origin :- 1530s, "action of attracting," verbal noun from allure (v.).
- adj attractive
- In person he is as beautiful as a snake-fence, as alluring as a stone wall.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- I can turn a deaf ear to enticements the most alluring, and sounds the most insinuating.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- One of them was tall and majestic, and the other low, and of a shape and figure the most alluring.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- Gibbon said of Lady Elizabeth that she was the most alluring of women.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- And by her alluring arts she had won her sympathy and confidence.
- Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
- Even the Gothic Christians were seduced by these alluring refinements.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
- The resources of the islands, as I have already said, are magnificent and alluring.
- Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe
- Praising and petting and alluring and crying-up are half of fortune-telling.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- But it is the alluring, hysterical fear which makes a child say, “Scare me again.”
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- They gazed at the men like sleek animals, with looks that were wanton and alluring.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
Antonyms for alluring
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