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Pronunciation / Transliteration: verlockend
"Das Angebot klang äußerst verlockend."
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Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive.
"She wore an alluring dress that caught everyone's attention at the party."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Middle English 'alluren', from Old French 'alurer', from 'a-' (to) + 'lure' (a falconer's lure), of Germanic origin.
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séduisant
Transliteration: séduisant
"Elle avait un sourire particulièrement séduisant."
verlockend
Transliteration: verlockend
"Das Angebot klang äußerst verlockend."
affascinante
Transliteration: affascinante
"Aveva un fascino molto alluring... pardon, affascinante."
cautivador
Transliteration: cautivador
"El paisaje tenía una belleza cautivadora."
sedutor
Transliteration: sedutor
"O perfume dela era incrivelmente sedutor."
मोहक
Transliteration: mohak
"उसकी मुस्कान बहुत मोहक थी।"
迷人的
Transliteration: mírén de
"她穿着一件迷人的晚礼服。"
매혹적인
Transliteration: maehokjeogin
"그녀의 매혹적인 미소는 모두를 사로잡았다."
魅惑的な
Transliteration: miwaku tekina
"彼女の魅惑的な笑顔が印象的だった。"
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