Attractive
Attractive adjective - Having an often mysterious or magical power to attract.
Compelling and attractive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Compelling" instead an adjective "Attractive".
Compelling
Compelling adjective - Having the power to persuade.
Attractive and compelling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attractive" instead an adjective "Compelling".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and attractive
- good and compelling
- enchanting and attractive
- enchanting and compelling
- engaging and attractive
- engaging and compelling
- hypnotic and attractive
- hypnotic and compelling
- captivating and attractive
- captivating and compelling
- interesting and attractive
- interesting and compelling
- alluring and attractive
- alluring and compelling
Both words in one sentence
- Fanservice types, where some fans find them identifiable and compelling, some find them attractive and/or sympathetic, while others think they are absolutely insufferable.
- According to Steven Moffat, the Doctor is a kind of Special Ugly Cute ("utterly compelling, attractive in a very odd way... None of the Doctors are conventionally attractive, but theyre all arresting") and should only ever be played by actors of that type, as "handsome men don't quite suit".
Source: Sliding Scale of Beauty
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