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alluring

UK/əˈlʊəɹɪŋ//əˈlʊɹɪŋ/

alluring adjective: having the power to allure. Also the present participle and gerund of allure.

Adjective

alluring (comparative more alluring, superlative most alluring)

  1. Having the power to allure.
    • 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.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Noun

alluring (plural allurings)

  1. The act or habit of enticing or attracting in order to seek a benefit or advantage.
    • Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?1615, George Wither, Fidelia
    • For, as when the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants; so Ahab did, in the end, a little respond to the...1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

Also used as

alluring is also the present participle and gerund of allure.

alluring meaning in Hindi

alluring in Hindi

having to power to allure
लोभन lobhan

Examples of alluring in a sentence

  • You must stand under those temptations, no matter how alluring they are.
  • And don't believe everything you see or fall into this alluring trap.
  • Here is a model with an alluring docile expression, wearing a ball gag.

All 23 example sentences with alluring

Forms of alluring

Adjective
comparativemore alluring
superlativemost alluring
Noun
pluralallurings

Origin of alluring

By surface analysis, allure + -ing.

Words formed from alluring

Words that rhyme with alluring

Questions about alluring

What does alluring mean?
Alluring means having the power to allure.
What is alluring in Hindi?
Alluring in Hindi is लोभन (lobhan). See Alluring meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is alluring?
Alluring can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce alluring?
Alluring is pronounced /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ (US).

Words near alluring in the dictionary

  1. allures
  2. allurest
  3. allureth
  4. Alluri
  5. Alluri Sitharama Raju
  6. alluring
  7. alluringly
  8. alluringness
  9. allurings
  10. Alluris
  11. allus

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