allure

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US/əˈlʊɚ/US/əˈlɚ/UK/əˈlʊə/UK/əˈljʊə/

noun

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

“Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.”

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attractenticetemptdecoyseducearrestbecharmbeguile
Opposite
boredisgustrepel
OriginMiddle English aluren ← Old French aleurer, alurer →
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Meanings

allure1

nounallure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

plural allures

  1. countableuncountableThe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
verballure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)

present singular third person allures · participle present alluring · participle past allured · past allured

  1. transitiveTo entice; to attract.

    A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.

    1737, R[ichard] Glover, “Book VI”, in Leonidas. A Poem., page 152
    2 more examples

    [They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371

    Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce, arrest, becharm, beguile

allure2

nounallure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

plural allures · alternative alure

  1. countabledateduncountableGait; bearing.

    Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

  2. countableuncountableThe walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo entice; to attract.

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attractenticetemptdecoyseducearrestbecharmbeguilebewitchbeckoncaptivatecharmcourtdelightdraweffascinateenchantengageenthrall
Opposite
boredisgustrepel

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe power to entice or attract through personal charm

Similar
allurementtemptingness
Broader
attractionattractiveness

verbdispose or incline or entice to

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tempt
Broader
invitebid
Also see
allurementattractbewitchcourtdraweffascinateenchantensorcellenthrillenticingnessseducesiren songspellbindtempttemptingnesstweedlewall walk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

allure · noun, verb

  1. Old Frenchaleurer, alurer
  2. Middle Englishaluren
  3. Englishallure

From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.

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allure · noun

  1. Old Frenchalure
  2. Middle Englishalure
  3. Englishallure

From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.

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Translations

Bulgarian привлека́телност, привличам
  • привлека́телност (privlekátelnost)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • привличам (privličam)to attempt to draw
  • изкушавам (izkušavam)to attempt to draw
  • съблазнявам (săblaznjavam)to attempt to draw
Catalan atractiu, encís
  • atractiuthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • encísthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • atraureto attempt to draw
  • seduirto attempt to draw
  • temptarto attempt to draw
  • abellirto attempt to draw
Chinese Mandarin 誘惑 /诱惑, 引誘 /引诱
  • 誘惑 /诱惑 (yòuhuò)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • 引誘 /引诱 (yǐnyòu)to attempt to draw
Danish lokke
  • lokketo attempt to draw
Dutch aantrekkelijkheid, verleiden
  • aantrekkelijkheidthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • verleidento attempt to draw
Finnish viehätys, vetovoima
  • viehätysthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • vetovoimathe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • viehättääto attempt to draw
  • houkutellato attempt to draw
  • houkuttaato attempt to draw
French attirance
  • attirancethe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
German Verlockung, Reiz
  • Verlockungthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • Reizthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • Anziehungskraftthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • lockento attempt to draw
  • verlockento attempt to draw
Italian ammaliamento, fascino
  • ammaliamentothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • fascinothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • incantothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • attrazionethe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • richiamothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • attrarreto attempt to draw
  • sedurreto attempt to draw
  • incantareto attempt to draw
  • ammaliareto attempt to draw
  • affascinareto attempt to draw
  • intrigareto attempt to draw
Japanese 魅力, 魅惑する
  • 魅力 (miryoku)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • 魅惑する (miwaku suru)to attempt to draw
Latin allectō, pelliciō
  • allectōto attempt to draw
  • pelliciōto attempt to draw
Norwegian drag
  • dragthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
Persian جذبه
  • جذبه (jazabe)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
Polish czar, powab
  • czarthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • powabthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • wabićto attempt to draw
  • nęcićto attempt to draw
  • przyciągaćto attempt to draw
Portuguese encanto, atrativo
  • encantothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • atrativothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • atrairto attempt to draw
Russian привлека́тельность, шарм
  • привлека́тельность (privlekátelʹnostʹ)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • шарм (šarm)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • очарова́ние (očarovánije)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • обая́ние (obajánije)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • ча́ры (čáry)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • завлека́ть (zavlekátʹ)to attempt to draw
  • завле́чь (zavléčʹ)to attempt to draw
  • зама́нивать (zamánivatʹ)to attempt to draw
  • замани́ть (zamanítʹ)to attempt to draw
  • прельща́ть (prelʹščátʹ)to attempt to draw
  • прельсти́ть (prelʹstítʹ)to attempt to draw
  • соблазня́ть (soblaznjátʹ)to attempt to draw
  • соблазни́ть (soblaznítʹ)to attempt to draw
  • пленя́ть (plenjátʹ)to attempt to draw
  • плени́ть (plenítʹ)to attempt to draw
  • аллю́р (alljúr)gait; bearing
Spanish encanto, fascinación
  • encantothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • fascinaciónthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • atractivothe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • alicientethe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • atraerto attempt to draw
  • cautivarto attempt to draw
Swedish locka
  • lockato attempt to draw
Turkish cezbetmek
  • cezbetmekthe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
Ukrainian шарм, прива́бливість
  • шарм (šarm)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
  • прива́бливість (pryváblyvistʹ)the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with allure

yoursuretourmaturesecureensurepoorpureMoorebrochurecureassureentrepreneurinsureunsureobscurecouturelureendureDarfurmanureinsecuremoormuir
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Anagrams

laurel
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