Allurement and Hideousness

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Allurement noun - Something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain.

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Hideousness is an antonym for allurement.

Nearby Words: allure, alluring, allured

Hideousness noun - The quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay.

Usage example: the indescribable hideousness of the squalor in which the villagers are forced to live

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Allurement is an antonym for hideousness.

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