allure[noun]Synonyms:- attractiveness, appeal, attraction, charm, enchantment, enticement, glamour, lure, persuasion, seductiveness, temptation
[verb]Synonyms:- attract, captivate, charm, enchant, entice, lure, persuade, seduce, tempt, win over
Contrasted words: avoid, elude, eschew, shun, alienate, disaffect, estrange, wean
Related Words: delude,
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al‧lure /əˈljʊə $ əˈlʊr/
noun [singular, uncountable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: allure 'to attract' (15-21 centuries), from Old French alurer, from luere; ⇒ lure2]
a mysterious, exciting, or desirable quality
allure of
the allure of foreign travel At 50, she had lost none of her sexual allure.—allure verb [transitive]:
harmonies that never fail to allure the listener—alluring adjective:
the alluring magic of Hong Kong—allurement noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲