Word Meanings - ALLURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor

Additional info about word: ALLURE

To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton. Syn. -- To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. -- To Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions. (more info) Etym:

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ALLURE)

• Attract
• Influence
• induce
• dispose
• incline
• tempt
• prompt
• allure
• charm
• fascinate
• invite
• entice
• Coax
• Wheedle
• fawn
• flatter
• call
• ole
• persuade
• overcome
• seduce
• circumvent
• Decoy
• Allure
• ensnare
• entrap
• mislead
• inveigle
• lure
• Entice
• attract
• decoy
• Insnare
• Intrap
• cajole
• catch
• net
• enmesh
• entoil
• entangle

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ALLURE)

• Trend
• diverge
• ascend
• deter
• rise
• indispose
• disincline
• Slave
• prevent
• dissuade

Related words: (words related to ALLURE)

• INVITER
  One who, or that which, invites.
• CAJOLERY
  A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• INDUCER
  One who, or that which, induces or incites.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• SEDUCEMENT
  1. The act of seducing. 2. The means employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or corrupting. Pope.
• CIRCUMVENTOR
  One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• ENTRAP
  To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men. A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of
• DECOYER
  One who decoys another.
• INSNARER
  One who insnares.
• TEMPTER
  One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil. "Those who are bent to do wickedly will never want tempters to urge them on." Tillotson. So glozed the Tempter, and his proem tuned. Milton.
• SEDUCER
  One who, or that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman by enticements and persuasions. He whose firm faith no reason could remove, Will melt before that soft seducer, love. Dryden.
• TEMPTING
  Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- Tempt"ing*ly, adv. -- Tempt"ing*ness, n.
• CAJOLE
  To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle. I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. F. W. Robertson. Syn. -- To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap. (more info) hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter,
• ASCENDENCY
  Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• SCATCH
  A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
• METEMPTOSIS
  The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years,
• BEFLATTER
  To flatter excessively.
• APPRENTICESHIP
  1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. 2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• BEAUCATCHER
  A small flat curl worn on the temple by women.