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Meanings of allurement in English

Portuguese
sedução
Catalan
temptació
Spanish
tentación

The power to entice or attract through personal charm.

sedução
Catalan
temptació

The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

temptació

Something that entices.

Synonyms
Examples for "enticement"
Examples for "enticement"
1
Her eyes were full of half serious reproach, of laughter and enticement.
The Northern Iron
2
Their glittering smile, their enticement and solicitation, their tempting eye-play were relaxed.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
3
We shall drive away serpents; the enticement of the senses are these serpents.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01: Basil to Calvin
4
The shadows moved listlessly among the bracken, and every vista was an enticement.
Evelyn Innes
5
On the instant her enticement shifted; all her being was a tremulous entreaty.
If I Were King
Usage of allurement in English
1
There was allurement in the suggestion; travel had always tempted his fancy.
Born in Exile
2
Once more as in boyhood he saw the world full of allurement.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
3
The good God has given you love, the only allurement in life.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
4
A Unitarian horsedealer at Brindisi had all the allurement of the unexpected.
The Unbearable Bassington
5
But you are ill, Luke; What terrible allurement lies in the waterfall?
Tales of the Chesapeake
6
The dance-music was still floating through the passages with a mocking allurement.
Greatheart
7
And yet association with him presented the allurement of a dangerous adventure.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
8
She smiled with all the allurement of a radiant and beautiful woman.
The Black Pearl
9
Even her occasional moods of gloom and cynicism had allurement for Rilla.
Rilla of Ingleside
10
He is a graceful little patrician with an astonishing allurement of bearing.
My Robin
11
Jeanne should therefore have employed an artist to make an independent allurement.
A Wanderer in Holland
12
Impotent before the allurement of that marvelous caster, he hastened his descent.
Dark Universe
13
Harmony with the wall-niche in which it appears is part of its allurement.
The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition / A Pictor...
14
Her soul itself emanated from her in an atmosphere of allurement and acquiescence.
The Old Wives' Tale
15
He had successfully resisted the temptation, and the allurement was gone.
Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
16
An order of the third or fourth class held no allurement.
The Goose Girl
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Translations for allurement
Portuguese
sedução
Spanish
tentación
Allurement through the time
Allurement across language varieties
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