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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive, handsome |
| Synonyms: | alluring, amiable, appealing, attracting, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, drawing, enchanting, engaging, fair, fascinating, fetching, good-looking, inviting, likable, lovable, magnetic, pleasant, pleasing, striking, taking, winning |
| Antonyms: | homely, repulsive, ugly, unattractive, unprepossessing |
| Main Entry: | quaint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old-fashioned; nostalgically attractive |
| Synonyms: | Gothic, Victorian, affected, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, artful, baroque, captivating, charming, colonial, curious, cute, enchanting, fanciful, ingenious, old-world, picturesque, pleasing, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | current, new, new-fangled, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | ravishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorable, alluring, appealing, beautiful, bewitching, captivating, charming, dazzling, enchanting, enticing, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, inviting, lovely, luring, pleasing, pretty, radiant, seductive, stunning, tantalizing |
| Main Entry: | riveting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fascinating, gripping |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, alluring, appealing, bewitching, captivating, compelling, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, enticing, hypnotic, intriguing, irresistible, magnetic, mesmerizing, seducing, seductive, spellbinding |
| Main Entry: | romantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, idealistic |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, amorous, bathetic, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fairy-tale, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mushy, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, soppy, starry-eyed, syrupy, tear-jerking, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild |
| Antonyms: | pragmatic, realistic, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seductive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alluring, sexy |
| Synonyms: | attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, come-hither, desirable, drawing, enchanting, enticing, fascinating, flirtatious, inviting, irresistible, magnetic, provocative, ravishing, siren, specious, tempting |
| Antonyms: | distasteful, ugly, unpleasing |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magical aura over an entity |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, allure, amulet, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchanting, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, glamour, hex, hexing, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, rune, sorcery, talisman, trance, voodoo, whack, whammy, witchery |
| Main Entry: | thrilling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | blood-tingling, boss*, breathtaking, electrifying, enchanting, exquisite, fab, fabulous, frantic, gripping, hair-raising, large, mad, magnificent, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, miraculous, overwhelming, rip-roaring, riveting, rousing, sensational, shivering, stimulating, stirring, swinging, trembling, wild, wondrous, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | depressing, discouraging, upsetting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | winning/winsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attractive, charming |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, adorable, agreeable, alluring, amiable, bewitching, captivating, cute, delectable, delightful, disarming, enchanting, endearing, engaging, fascinating, fetching, gratifying, lovable, lovely, pleasing, prepossessing, sweet, taking |
| Antonyms: | disenchanting, ugly, unappealing, unattractive |
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