Meanings
plural allurements
- countableuncountableAttractiveness; appeal, charisma.First known use 16th c.
He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC - countableuncountableAn enticement, inducement or bait.First known use 16th c.
That though their Thoughts are ever turn'd upon appearing Aimiable, yet every Feature of their Faces and every Part of their Dress is fill'd with Snares and Allurements.
1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury1 more example
The sheer unimaginableness of coming into her mouth — of coming into anything other than the air or a tissue or a dirty sock — was an allurement too stupendous for a novice to forswear.
2008, Philip Roth, Indignation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe power to entice or attract through personal charm
nounthe act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek δελεασμός
- δελεασμός (deleasmós)enticement or inducement
Arabic إغْرَاء
- إغْرَاء (ʔiḡrāʔ)enticement or inducement
Esperanto allogado
- allogadoattractiveness, appeal, charisma
Hindi लोभन
- लोभन (lobhan)enticement or inducement
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allurement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allurement
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