alluring

English

Pronunciation

(US): IPA^(key): /ɚˈluɚ.ɹɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /ɚˈlʊɚ.ɹɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ʊərɪŋ

Verb

alluring

present participle of allure

Noun

alluring (plural allurings)

The action of the verb allure.

Adjective

alluring (comparative more alluring, superlative most alluring)

Having the power to allure.
- 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
  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.

Translations

having to power to allure

Bulgarian: съблазнителен (bg) (sǎblaznitelen), привлекателен (bg) (privlekatelen)
Danish: tillokkende, forførende, dragende
Dutch: aanlokkelijk (nl)
Esperanto: alloga
Finnish: houkutteleva, puoleensavetävä, viettelevä (fi)
French: séduisant (fr), attirant (fr)
Georgian: მაცდური (macduri), მაცდუნებელი (macdunebeli), მიმზიდველი (mimzidveli)

German: verführerisch (de), verlockend (de)
Portuguese: encantador
Russian: соблазни́тельный (ru) (soblaznítelʹnyj), привлека́тельный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj), очарова́тельный (ru) (očarovátelʹnyj), обворожи́тельный (ru) (obvorožítelʹnyj), зама́нчивый (ru) (zamánčivyj), обольсти́тельный (ru) (obolʹstítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: mealltach, togarrach
Spanish: encantador (es)
Turkish: cazip (tr), albenili (tr), alımlı (tr), çekici (tr), cazibeli (tr)

Anagrams

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