Pronunciation Verb
- present participle of allure#English|allure
alluring (plural allurings)
- The action of the verb allure.
- 1952, Daughters of the American Revolution magazine (volume 86, page 250)
- Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own.
- 1952, Daughters of the American Revolution magazine (volume 86, page 250)
alluring
- Having the power to allure.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0105 ↗:
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- French: séduisant, attirant
- German: verführerisch, verlockend
- Italian: allettante, affascinante, intrigante, seducente
- Portuguese: encantador
- Russian: соблазни́тельный
- Spanish: encantador
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