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Meanings of allure in English

Portuguese
sedução
Catalan
temptació
Spanish
tentación

The power to entice or attract through personal charm.

        sedução
        Portuguese
        atrativo
        Catalan
        temptejar
        Spanish
        atraer

        To dispose or incline or entice to; to be attractive by arousing hope or desire.

              atrativo

              Fascination.

                    Usage of allure in English
                    1
                    Whether its allure is as strong outside Africa remains to be seen.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    Strength in stocks also sapped the safe-haven allure of U.S. government debt.
                    Reuters
                    3
                    Such is the emotive allure of horses: powerful yet all too vulnerable.
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    But in reality, it has lost much of its allure for investors.
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    The problems have so far failed to dull Thailand's centuries-old exotic allure.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    Access to low interest financing is adding to the allure of property.
                    Reuters
                    7
                    Perhaps attending a match no longer has the same allure for locals.
                    Reuters
                    8
                    All artists, from Brueghel to Modigliani, have used distortion to create allure.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    She is a musical conversationalist, whose matter-of-fact delivery is her great allure.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    I could not understand, at the time, the allure of grad students.
                    All the sad young literary men
                    11
                    Whatever it was that had held him here had lost its allure.
                    Running scared
                    12
                    The allure of comics, especially Marvel Comics, was quickly digestible, pass-the-issue-to-your-pals fun.
                    Wired
                    13
                    Festival to talk to the headliners about the allure of experimental music.
                    Radio NZ
                    14
                    The allure of the game was also justified by the cracking contest.
                    The Irish Times
                    15
                    Outside, the building has all the allure of a disused open-cast mine.
                    The Guardian
                    16
                    She also grasped the edifying, if at times unsavoury, allure of secrets.
                    The Irish Times
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                    Translations for allure
                    Allure through the time
                    Allure across language varieties
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Less common