Term Gallery logo

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
              Synonyms
              Examples for "solicitation"
              Examples for "solicitation"
              1
              Another recent solicitation sought a printer to be used for Army dentistry.
              Wired
              2
              Barington said it is also working with proxy solicitation firm MacKenzie Partners.
              Reuters
              3
              But the purpose of the solicitation isn't much more specific than described.
              Wired
              4
              Permanent headquarters were arranged for; committees appointed for the solicitation of funds.
              The Gray Dawn
              5
              All her solicitation had been for the condemned youth in his care.
              A Man Four-Square

              Something that entices.

                    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
                    About this term
                    More collocations
                    Translations for allurement
                    Portuguese
                    sedução
                    Spanish
                    tentación
                    Allurement through the time
                    Allurement across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common