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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Attractive \At*tract"ive\, adjective [Cf. F. attractif.]
1. Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. --Sir I. Newton.
2. Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing. ''Attractive graces.'' --Milton. ''Attractive eyes.'' --Thackeray.
Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies. --Lubbock. -- {At*tract"ive*ly}, adverb -- {At*tract"ive*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Attractive \At*tract"ive\, noun That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. --South.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
attractive
adjective
1: 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" [ant: {unattractive}]
2: having power to arouse interest; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay"
3: having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull; "an attractive force"; "the knife hung on a magnetic board" [syn: {attractive(a)}, {magnetic}] [ant: {repulsive(a)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
113 Moby Thesaurus words for "attractive": absorbing, acceptable, adductive, adorable, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attracting, attrahent, beauteous, beautiful, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, bonny, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, comely, consuming, coquettish, delightful, desirable, dragging, drawing, elegant, enchanting, endowed with beauty, engaging, engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, eye-filling, fair, fascinating, fetching, fine, flirtatious, flowerlike, glamorous, good-looking, graceful, gracile, gripping, handsome, heart-robbing, heavy, holding, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, luring, luxurious, magnetic, magnetized, mesmeric, mesmerizing, mouth-watering, obsessing, obsessive, piquant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, provoquant, pulchritudinous, pulling, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, sympathetic, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, to be desired, toothsome, tugging, unobjectionable, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, worth having
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