Meanings
plural attractivenesses
- uncountableThe state of being attractive or engaging.
Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ...
1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN1 more example
The plants are equally attractive when different-colored zebrinas are trained on a fan-shaped or rectangular trellis. The rose-colored flowers, of which new ones blossom each morning, add to the attractiveness of this viny, succulent herb.
2012, A. J. Oakes, Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants, page 462 - countableThe result of being attractive.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 吸引力
- 吸引力 (xīyǐnlì)state of being attractive or engaging
Czech přitažlivost
- přitažlivoststate of being attractive or engaging
Dutch aantrekkelijkheid
- aantrekkelijkheidstate of being attractive or engaging
Finnish houkuttelevuus
- houkuttelevuusstate of being attractive or engaging
French attractivité, attrait
- attractivitéstate of being attractive or engaging
- attraitstate of being attractive or engaging
German Zugkraft, Anziehung
- Zugkraftstate of being attractive or engaging
- Anziehungstate of being attractive or engaging
- Anziehungskraftstate of being attractive or engaging
- Attraktivitätstate of being attractive or engaging
Japanese 吸引力
- 吸引力 (kyūinryoku)state of being attractive or engaging
Korean 흡인력
- 흡인력 (heubillyeok)state of being attractive or engaging
Latin pulchritūdō, formōsitās
- pulchritūdōstate of being attractive or engaging
- formōsitāsstate of being attractive or engaging
Polish atrakcyjność
- atrakcyjnośćstate of being attractive or engaging
Portuguese atratividade, atrativo
- atratividadestate of being attractive or engaging
- atrativostate of being attractive or engaging
Russian привлека́тельность
- привлека́тельность (privlekátelʹnostʹ)state of being attractive or engaging
Spanish atractivo, atractividad
- atractivostate of being attractive or engaging
- atractividadstate of being attractive or engaging
Cite this entry
attractiveness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attractiveness
“attractiveness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attractiveness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attractiveness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attractiveness.
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