MEANING
To attract through appeal, charm, or promise.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- allure a visitor
- alluring prospect
On the page
The prospect of anonymity allured him.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- allure
- Past tense
- allured
- Past participle
- allured
- Present participle
- alluring
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- allure
- Present continuous
- am/is/are alluring
- Present perfect
- have/has allured
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been alluring
- Past
- allured
- Past continuous
- was/were alluring
- Past perfect
- had allured
- Past perfect continuous
- had been alluring
- Future
- will allure
- Future continuous
- will be alluring
- Future perfect
- will have allured
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been alluring
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: allure; allures; allured; allured; alluring Noun use usually uncountable: attractive appeal. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: allures.
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