Antonyms for attractive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-trak-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : əˈtræk tɪv

Definition of attractive

Origin : late 14c., "absorptive," from Middle French attractif (14c.), from attract-, past participle stem of attrahere (see attract). Meaning "having the quality of drawing people's eye or interest" is from 1580s; sense of "pleasing, alluring" is from c.1600. Related: Attractively; attractiveness.

adj appealing, drawing attention

Example sentences :

When cool, this solidifies and may be served in attractive ways.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

He had seen her before in the hospital, but he had never really noticed how attractive she was.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

He looked at her in her simple working-dress, so fresh, so unpretending, and attractive.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Why, he asked himself, was he unmoved by a woman who was so attractive?
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

When she took off her vail, she displayed a bust of the most attractive beauty.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Notwithstanding the opinions of countless flies, it was not an attractive place.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

The shops were attractive from the cheerfulness of their windows.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

But are not games of skill as attractive as lifting kegs of nails?
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

To some, obscurity itself is attractive, from the hope that worthiness is the cause of it.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

So the most attractive women will compete for your preferment.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

Synonyms for attractive

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