Alluring
Desirable
Desirable adjective - Sexually attractive.
Usage example: the desirable young stars of a television reality show
Alluring is a synonym for desirable in attractive topic. You can use "Alluring" instead an adjective "Desirable", if it concerns topics such as seductive, erotically appealing.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- agreeable and alluring
- agreeable and desirable
- pleasant and alluring
- pleasant and desirable
- pleasing and alluring
- pleasing and desirable
- engaging and alluring
- engaging and desirable
- attractive and alluring
- attractive and desirable
- inviting and alluring
- inviting and desirable
- beguiling and alluring
- beguiling and desirable
Both words in one sentence
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When Charles finds one of Emma's extramarital love letters after her death, his first reaction is jealousy, and then, tormented by grief as he is, he decides that this makes Emma more alluring and desirable, as no man could have helped falling in love with her!
Source: Literature / Madame Bovary
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