Attractive
[ə'træktɪv]
Definition
(adj.) pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; 'a remarkably attractive young man'; 'an attractive personality'; 'attractive clothes'; 'a book with attractive illustrations' .
(adj.) having power to arouse interest; 'an attractive opportunity'; 'the job is attractive because of the pay' .
(adj.) having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; 'an attractive force'; .
Checker: Sumner--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.
(a.) Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing.
(n.) That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Alluring, inviting, enticing, fascinating, captivating, charming, winning, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, interesting, prepossessing, taking, pleasing, pleasant, lovely, sweet.[2]. Magnetic, magnetical.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Winning, alluring, tempting, inviting, engaging, captivating, fascinating,enticing, interesting, charming, pleasant, beautiful, agreeable
ANT:Unattractive, repugnant, repulsive, uninteresting, disagreeable, unpleasant,deformed, ugly, deterrent, loathsome, forbidding
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Examples
- The condition of India at this time was one very interesting and attractive to European adventurers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It is wonderful how art and ingenuity united about thirty years ago to produce attractive _wall papers_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Here she has been--careless, attractive thing! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And immediately the queer, careless, terribly attractive smile came over his eyes and brows, though his mouth did not relax. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To Ph?nicians after the falls of Tyre and Carthage, conversion to Judaism must have been particularly easy and attractive. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny, and from them by later naturalists. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Gerald was attractive, his blood seemed fluid and electric. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A noseless Cupid or a Jupiter with an eye out or a Venus with a fly-blister on her breast, are not attractive features in a picture. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Heron has described how a pied peacock was eminently attractive to all his hen birds. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Moreover, the healthy spirits who had mounted to this sublime height were attractive to many of the Gradgrind school. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A system so various in its structure has many contradictory aspects, some very attractive, and some very repellent to a liberal intelligence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The art table was the most attractive in the room. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Were they very attractive? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If a soft iron nail (Fig. 212) or its equivalent is slipped within the coil, the lifting and attractive power of the coil is increased, and comparatively heavy weights can be lifted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Chairs, lounges and lighter furniture were thus made from bent pieces of wood with very few joints, having a neat and attractive appearance, and possessing great strength. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To picture to ourselves something of the wider life that world unity would open to men is a very attractive speculation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You could make a charming thing of it, and the flower table is always attractive you know. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sliced bacon, fancy sausage and other specialties are usually packed in a separate room, into attractive cartons for the retail trade. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For he, man-like, could not see anything attractive or important AT ALL in Loerke. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yet there was always a pleasant, warm naivete about him, that made him attractive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She thinks of all this, as she holds her daughter in her arms, and wishes that she were not handsome and attractive. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The only difficulty is, what we shall be pleased to call the most considerable part, and most attractive to the imagination. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The sight of beauty entranced me, and attractive manners in man or woman won my entire confidence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I had no idea there was anything so attractive here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His friend Mr. Owen had sisters; he might find them attractive. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He must have been a noble creature in his better days, being even now in wreck so attractive and amiable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- His lordship's extreme gentleness of disposition appeared very attractive when set in contrast with Meyler's tormenting, dogged humour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Its attractive power draws the armature toward the poles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I might enter Florence under happier auspices a month hence and find it all beautiful, all attractive. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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