alluring — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Having the power to allure.

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   Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

Noun

1. The act or habit of enticing or attracting in order to seek a benefit or advantage.

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   Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?

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   For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the playful allurings of that girlish air.

   Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own.

Adjective

1. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

   Synonyms

   beguilingenticingtempting

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   an alluring prospect

   her alluring smile

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   the voice was low and beguiling

   difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement

   a tempting invitation