Allure

Quick meaning: Allure is a noun meaning The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

Meaning

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To entice; to attract.
2. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
3. (dated) Gait; bearing.

Example Sentences

A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.

Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.

[They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.

Word Forms

• allures
• alluring
• allured

Synonyms for allure

Depending on context, synonyms include attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce, arrest.

Antonyms for allure

Common opposites include bore, disgust, repel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include temptingness, tempt, attraction, entice, temptation, lure.

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