allure1
[uh-loo r]
- to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
- to fascinate; charm.
- to be attractive or tempting.
- fascination; charm; appeal.
Origin of allure1
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. entice, lure. 2. enchant, entrance, captivate. 4. glamor, attraction.
allure2
[al-yoo r, -yer]
alure
or al·lure
[al-yoo r, -yer]
- a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
Origin of alure
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Examples from the Web for allure
Contemporary Examples
Marston wrote that Wonder Woman needed “all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.”
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever ImagineTom Arnold-Forster
November 3, 2014
“Carrie Bradshaw was so pivotal in creating the allure of the New York City woman,” Arora says.
But that may just add to the allure for these fledgling leaders.
“[David] is the most wonderful man I have ever met,” she said in a recent interview with Allure.
With the Chilean goal exposed to him in all its allure, he hit the ball with his shin—his canilla, as Busquets would call it.
Historical Examples
Now it assembles the blossoms of a whole long year to bewilder and allure.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
The table was spread in a manner to engage the eye and allure the appetite.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
Thus: in that by guile they allure the people to the lust of the flesh.
He has eliminated the subtle sensuousness which has its own allure in the drawing.
HolbeinBeatrice Fortescue
It is far better to allure them, by showing them the pleasures of doing right.
The TeacherJacob Abbott
allure
- (tr) to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
- attractiveness; appealthe cottage's allure was its isolation
Word Origin
C15: from Old French alurer, from lure bait, lure
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Word Origin and History for allure
v.
c.1400, from Anglo-French alurer, Old French aleurer "to attract, captivate; train a falcon to hunt," from à "to" (see ad-) + loirre "falconer's lure," from a Frankish word (see lure), perhaps influenced by French allure "gait, way of walking." Related: Allured; alluring. The noun is first attested 1540s; properly this sense is allurement.
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