allure

Plural: allures

Noun

• the power to entice or attract through personal charm
• The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
• Gait; bearing.
• The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

Verb

Verb Forms: allured, alluring, allures

• To attract or tempt with something desirable or exciting.
• dispose or incline or entice to
• To entice; to attract.

Examples

• He tried to allure me into a trap near the triple letter score.

Synonyms

allurement, tempt, temptingness, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beckon, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, court, decoy, delight, draw, enchant, engage, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, pull, pull in, seduce, sirenize, spellbind, tole

Antonyms

bore, disgust, repel

Related Words

attractive, capture, hold, lure