Dictionary

attractiveness en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
   • The plants are equally attractive when different-colored zebrinas are trained on a fan-shaped or rectangular trellis. The rose-colored flowers, of which new ones blossom each morning, add to the attractiveness of this viny, succulent herb. 2012, A. J. Oakes, Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants, page 462:
   • Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ... 1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN:
2. (countable) The result of being attractive.

Forms

Deriveds

physical attractiveness · market attractiveness

Synonyms

attraction · attractivity

Translations (29)

ka მომხიბვლელობა (state of being attractive or engaging) · ja 吸引力 (state of being attractive or engaging) · kk сүйкімділік (state of being attractive or engaging) · ka მიმზიდველობა (state of being attractive or engaging) · mk привлечност (state of being attractive or engaging) · nl aantrekkelijkheid (state of being attractive or engaging) · de Attraktivität (state of being attractive or engaging) · la pulchritūdō (state of being attractive or engaging) · de Anziehung (state of being attractive or engaging) · es atractivo (state of being attractive or engaging) · cmn 吸引力 (state of being attractive or engaging) · pl atrakcyjność (state of being attractive or engaging) · enm semlynesse (state of being attractive or engaging) · ru привлека́тельность (state of being attractive or engaging) · la formōsitās (state of being attractive or engaging) · es atractividad (state of being attractive or engaging) · pt atratividade (state of being attractive or engaging) · de Zugkraft (state of being attractive or engaging) · unm wëlinakwsëwakàn (state of being attractive or engaging) · fi houkuttelevuus (state of being attractive or engaging) · pt atrativo (state of being attractive or engaging) · ka მომხიბლაობა (state of being attractive or engaging) · enm semlyhede (state of being attractive or engaging) · fr attrait (state of being attractive or engaging) · ko 흡인력 (state of being attractive or engaging) · fr attractivité (state of being attractive or engaging) · de Anziehungskraft (state of being attractive or engaging) · ka ეშხი (state of being attractive or engaging) · cs přitažlivost (state of being attractive or engaging)