allurement
pronunciation
How to pronounce allurement in British English:
UK [ə'ljʊəmənt]
How to pronounce allurement in American English:
US [ə'lʊrmənt]
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- Noun:
- attractiveness
- the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
Word Origin
- allurement (n.)
- 1540s, "means of alluring;" see allure + -ment. Meaning "act of alluring" is recorded from 1560s.
Example
- 1. Here is your allurement card .
- 2. With the common allurement of seafaring men .
- 3. Money is a kind of allurement for us .
- 4. The big city is full of allurement on which to spend money .
- 5. I can 't accept I fell into your allurement .