attractive
- providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- arousing interest or engaging one's thought, consideration, etc.: an attractive idea; an attractive price.
- having the quality of attracting.
Origin of attractive
Related Words for attractiveness
allure, pull, lure, appeal, fascination, magnetism, draw, glamour, enchantment, charisma, charm, enticement, allurement, inducement, captivationExamples from the Web for attractiveness
Contemporary Examples of attractiveness
She writes, “In your early 20s, you are at the peak of your attractiveness and your fertility.”
Judges are looking for “style, obviously, educational value, laughs per second, attractiveness,” Black says.
I know, for example, that there's an internal Ethiopian hierarchy of attractiveness related to skin tone.
And how common is an attractiveness gap in American couples?
And at the height of my attractiveness they worked great for me.
Historical Examples of attractiveness
They say that she had color and attractiveness, although she was unusually shy and reserved.
Herbert HooverVernon Kellogg
This advent added much to the attractiveness of Long Key for me.
Tales of FishesZane Grey
Thus will its utility and attractiveness both be well secured.
A Book for All ReadersAinsworth Rand Spofford
You could not suggest an attractiveness to the body or suggest any refinement to the manner.
The Wedding RingT. De Witt Talmage
What did they mean by talking about the man's attractiveness?
Half a HeroAnthony Hope
attractive
- appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc
- arousing interestan attractive opportunity
- possessing the ability to draw or pullan attractive force
Word Origin and History for attractiveness
attractive
late 14c., "absorptive," from Middle French attractif (14c.), from attract-, past participle stem of attrahere (see attract). Meaning "having the quality of drawing people's eye or interest" is from 1580s; sense of "pleasing, alluring" is from c.1600. Related: Attractively; attractiveness.