Meanings
- uncountableSexual attractiveness.First known use 1910s
He may be as thick as a plank, but he sure has some sex appeal.
3 more examples
But when she goes on to remark that “it is the height of folly to say that woman, who has been taught by the uncounted ages that her strongest hold on man is because of her sex, can throw off or disregard the knowledge that her sex appeal is the strongest weapon she has” then I am appalled at the extreme illogic of the lady!
1913 May 15, Elizabeth Newport Hepburn, quoting Josephine Jewell Dodge, “A Question Not of Sex Appeal; But of Prevailing Mode.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN"I can't talk to you when you're in a daze of admiration over your own sex appeal."
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 3Samara: She impresses with sophistication and sex appeal. Then she strikes. The hunt interests her as much as the conquest.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Omega (Samara: The Ardat-Yakshi)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic اِنْجِذَاب جِنْسِيّ, جَاذِبِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة
- اِنْجِذَاب جِنْسِيّ (injiḏāb jinsiyy)sexual attractiveness
- جَاذِبِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة (jāḏibiyya jinsiyya)sexual attractiveness
Bulgarian сексапил
- сексапил (seksapil)sexual attractiveness
Chinese Mandarin 性感, 性魅力
- 性感 (xìnggǎn)sexual attractiveness
- 性魅力 (xìngmèilì)sexual attractiveness
Danish sexappeal
- sexappealsexual attractiveness
Dutch sexappeal, seksuele aantrekkingskracht
- sexappealsexual attractiveness
- seksuele aantrekkingskrachtsexual attractiveness
Esperanto seksallogo
- seksallogosexual attractiveness
Finnish sukupuolinen vetovoima, seksikkyys
- sukupuolinen vetovoimasexual attractiveness
- seksikkyyssexual attractiveness
French sex appeal, attirance sexuelle
- sex appealsexual attractiveness
- attirance sexuellesexual attractiveness
- attraction sexuellesexual attractiveness
- attrait sexuelsexual attractiveness
German Sexappeal, erotische Anziehungskraft
- Sexappealsexual attractiveness
- erotische Anziehungskraftsexual attractiveness
Greek σεξαπίλ
- σεξαπίλ (sexapíl)sexual attractiveness
Hindi यौनाकर्षण
- यौनाकर्षण (yaunākarṣaṇ)sexual attractiveness
Hungarian szexepil
- szexepilsexual attractiveness
Icelandic kynþokki
- kynþokkisexual attractiveness
Irish gnéasúlacht
- gnéasúlachtsexual attractiveness
Japanese 色気, セックスアピール
- 色気 (iroke)sexual attractiveness
- セックスアピール (sekkusuapīru)sexual attractiveness
Korean 섹스 어필
- 섹스 어필 (sekseu eopil)sexual attractiveness
Polish seksapil, atrakcyjność seksualna
- seksapilsexual attractiveness
- atrakcyjność seksualnasexual attractiveness
Portuguese apelo sexual, sex appeal
- apelo sexualsexual attractiveness
- sex appealsexual attractiveness
Russian сексапи́льность, сексуа́льная привлека́тельность
- сексапи́льность (seksapílʹnostʹ)sexual attractiveness
- сексуа́льная привлека́тельность (seksuálʹnaja privlekátelʹnostʹ)sexual attractiveness
Spanish atracción sexual, sexapil
- atracción sexualsexual attractiveness
- sexapilsexual attractiveness
Swedish sex appeal
- sex appealsexual attractiveness
Tagalog sariing gayuma
- sariing gayumasexual attractiveness
Turkish seksapel
- seksapelsexual attractiveness
Vietnamese hấp dẫn tình dục
- hấp dẫn tình dụcsexual attractiveness
Cite this entry
sex appeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20appeal
“sex appeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sex%20appeal. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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