Dictionary

alluring en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈlɔːɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈlɝɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈlʊəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

Meanings

1. Having the power to allure.
   • 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. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Forms

alluring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈlɔːɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈlɝɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈlʊəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

Meanings

1. The act or habit of enticing or attracting in order to seek a benefit or advantage.
   • 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. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
   • Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ? 1615, George Wither, Fidelia:
   • Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own. 1952, Daughters of the American Revolution, volume 86, page 250:

Forms

alluring en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈlɔːɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈlɝɪŋ/ (General-American)
• /əˈlʊəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of allure
   form of allure

Deriveds

alluringly · unalluring · alluringness

Translations (44)

tr alımlı (having to power to allure) · bg привлекателен (having to power to allure) · gd togarrach (having to power to allure) · pl wabiący (having to power to allure) · tr albenili (having to power to allure) · tr cazip (having to power to allure) · pl pociągający (having to power to allure) · hi लोभन (having to power to allure) · pl ponętny (having to power to allure) · fi viettelevä (having to power to allure) · ru обольсти́тельный (having to power to allure) · it allettante (having to power to allure) · ru соблазни́тельный (having to power to allure) · ru зама́нчивый (having to power to allure) · tr çekici (having to power to allure) · ru обворожи́тельный (having to power to allure) · it affascinante (having to power to allure) · eo alloga (having to power to allure) · ru очарова́тельный (having to power to allure) · da dragende (having to power to allure) · da tillokkende (having to power to allure) · ka მაცდუნებელი (having to power to allure) · it seducente (having to power to allure) · tr cazibeli (having to power to allure) · fr séduisant (having to power to allure) · ka მაცდური (having to power to allure) · de verlockend (having to power to allure) · pl przyciągający (having to power to allure) · da forførende (having to power to allure) · de verführerisch (having to power to allure) · bg съблазнителен (having to power to allure) · fr attirant (having to power to allure) · ota جاذب (having to power to allure) · ka მიმზიდველი (having to power to allure) · la pellax (having to power to allure) · nl aanlokkelijk (having to power to allure) · pt encantador (having to power to allure) · pl powabny (having to power to allure) · it intrigante (having to power to allure) · pl nęcący (having to power to allure) · gd mealltach (having to power to allure) · fi houkutteleva (having to power to allure) · fi puoleensavetävä (having to power to allure) · ru привлека́тельный (having to power to allure)