prepossessing

prepossessing
Synonyms and related words:
alluring, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, delightful, drawing, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, favorable, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, good-looking, handsome, heart-robbing, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, pleasing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching

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  • Prepossessing — Pre pos*sess ing, a. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. {Pre pos*sess ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prepossessing — prepossessing; un·prepossessing; …   English syllables

  • prepossessing — index attractive, palatable, sapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • prepossessing — [adj] attractive, handsome alluring, amiable, appealing, attracting, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, drawing, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, good looking, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing …   New thesaurus

  • prepossessing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive or appealing in appearance …   English terms dictionary

  • prepossessing — [prē΄pə zes′iŋ] adj. that prepossesses, or impresses favorably; pleasing; attractive prepossessingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • Prepossessing — Prepossess Pre pos*sess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prepossessing — prepossessingly, adv. prepossessingness, n. /pree peuh zes ing/, adj. that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man. [1635 45; PREPOSSESS + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • prepossessing — adjective Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner …   Wiktionary

  • prepossessing — pre|pos|sess|ing [ˌpri:pəˈzesıŋ] adj formal looking attractive or pleasant ▪ a prepossessing smile …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • prepossessing — adjective formal looking attractive or pleasant: a prepossessing smile …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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