unalluring
ɪŋ adjective
1.
very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.
2.
fascinating; charming.
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alluring (əˈljʊərɪŋ, əˈlʊə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| enticing; fascinating; attractive | |
| alluringly | |
| —adv | |
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Unalluring
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
alluring
1530s, "action of attracting," verbal noun formed from allure (q.v.). As a prp. adj. meaning "appealing to desires" it is attested from 1570s.
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