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alluring

English

Pronunciation

  • (US): IPA(key): /??lu?.???/
  • (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /??l??.???/
  • Rhymes: -??r??

Verb

alluring

  1. present participle of allure

Noun

alluring (plural allurings)

  1. The action of the verb allure.
    • 1952, Daughters of the American Revolution magazine (volume 86, page 250)
      Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own.

Adjective

alluring (comparative more alluring, superlative most alluring)

  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.

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Anagrams

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irresistable

English

Adjective

irresistable (comparative more irresistable, superlative most irresistable)

  1. Dated form of irresistible.
    • 1895, Medical Review (volumes 30-31, page 423)
      The victim is an irresistable, insane subject of the peculiar trance, oblivious to his acts, and ofttimes unconscious of them afterward. During the attack he is in no way the same actor.

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