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noun
The state of being attractive or engaging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The result of being attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
sexual allure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unattractiveness
Broader terms: beauty
Narrower terms: adorability, adorableness, bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism, charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism, sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, oomph, appeal, appealingness, charm, spiff
noun
the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: attraction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: affinity, allure, allurement, temptingness, binding, drawing power, fascination, lure, enticement, come-on, sexual attraction, show-stopper, showstopper
History
Etymology tree English attractive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English attractiveness From attractive + -ness.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
