alluring
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- alluringly adverb
- alluringness noun
- unalluring adjective
- unalluringly adverb
Etymology
Origin of alluring
Explanation
Something alluring is attractive and enticing. Alluring things are tempting. You might notice the word lure lurking in alluring — that's because alluring things lure people in by getting them excited and inspiring desire. Sometimes that's in a romantic way, like when someone puts on an alluring perfume before a date. But a homemade chocolate cake would also be pretty alluring to a chocolate lover, just as free World Series tickets would be alluring to a baseball fan.
Vocabulary lists containing alluring
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Example Sentences
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The promise of a more climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels was alluring to Exxon—assuming the company could increase algae’s energy content enough to make it commercially viable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
That’s what makes her so alluring as an actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Nobel Prize-winning Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek helped Ottinger, 83, write the script, which is set in some of Vienna's most alluring locations.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
But the electorate appear to be telling Labour at the moment experience is a double-edged sword and the prospect of the new and novel appears alluring to many.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
He so thrilled us with tales of the mines that he almost persuaded me that to be a miner was more alluring than to be a monarch.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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