Antonyms for allurement

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-loo r-muh nt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlʊər mənt

Definition of allurement

Origin : 1540s, "means of alluring;" see allure + -ment. Meaning "act of alluring" is recorded from 1560s.

noun lure
noun attraction

Example sentences :

"If I give her to them, she will never be a widow," was the allurement there.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

The good God has given you love, the only allurement in life.
Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant

It is a peaceful scene, not without something of allurement.
Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock

She gets the charm and the allurement of the growing bud on life's tree.
Extract from : « The Family and it's Members » by Anna Garlin Spencer

This is the allurement of war, its persistent illusion, perhaps.
Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge

Her mediumship, so vital to the world, so sacred in his eyes, had but added to her allurement.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland

The proud title which ye would offer me holds no allurement to my tastes.
Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

And yet such things had been his one allurement as a young man.
Extract from : « Rene Mauperin » by Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt

Of all these tales, those of the border naturally had most allurement.
Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland

And yet association with him presented the allurement of a dangerous adventure.
Extract from : « The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Synonyms for allurement

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