allurement

allurement
Synonyms and related words:
adduction, adorability, affinity, agreeability, amiability, appeal, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, bait, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, call, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force, charm, coaxing, come-on, conning, decoy, desirability, drag, draw, drawing power, engagement, enlistment, enticement, exhortation, gravitation, gravity, hortation, inducement, inveiglement, jawboning, likability, lobbying, lovability, loveliness, lovesomeness, lure, magnetism, mutual attraction, persuasion, preaching, preachment, pull, pulling power, sales talk, salesmanship, seducement, seduction, selling, snare, snow job, soft soap, solicitation, suasion, sweet talk, sweetness, sympathy, temptation, traction, trap, tug, wheedling, winning ways, winsomeness, working on

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  • Allurement — Al*lure ment, n. 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. [1913 Webster] Though Adam by his wife s allurement fell. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • allurement — index bribery, cause (reason), decoy, incentive, inducement, invitation, seduction Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • allurement — (n.) 1540s, means of alluring; see ALLURE (Cf. allure) + MENT (Cf. ment). Meaning act of alluring is recorded from 1560s …   Etymology dictionary

  • allurement — allure ► NOUN ▪ powerful attractiveness or charm. ► VERB ▪ strongly attract or charm. DERIVATIVES allurement noun. ORIGIN Old French aleurier, from Latin luere a lure …   English terms dictionary

  • allurement — noun 1. attractiveness its allurement was its remoteness • Hypernyms: ↑temptation, ↑enticement 2. the power to entice or attract through personal charm • Syn: ↑allure, ↑temptingness …   Useful english dictionary

  • allurement — noun see allure I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • allurement — /euh loor meuhnt/, n. 1. fascination; charm. 2. the means of alluring. 3. the act or process of alluring. [1540 50; ALLURE1 + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • allurement — noun a) attractiveness, allure or charisma b) an enticement, inducement or bait …   Wiktionary

  • allurement — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The power or quality of attracting: allure, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charisma, charm, draw, enchantment, enticement, fascination, glamour, lure, magnetism, witchery. Informal: pull. See LIKE. 2.… …   English dictionary for students

  • allurement — al lure·ment || mÉ™nt n. attraction; enticement, temptation …   English contemporary dictionary

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