What does alluring mean?
Alluring means Having the power to allure..
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/əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ · adjective
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.
Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?
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.
Use alluring when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Alluring means Having the power to allure..
Common synonyms include beguiling, enticing, seductive, tempting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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