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attractiveness

attractiveness

20 3.2
The quality that makes people notice and like someone's looks or character
  • noun
  • /əˈtræktɪvnəs/
  • NSFW
: atractivo
  • His physical attractiveness helped him make friends easily.
  • physical attractiveness
  • sexual attractiveness
  • relative attractiveness

But it's the attractiveness of certain accents.

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Examples

  • Another factor that may influence the perception of helping professionals is the level of attractiveness.

    Academic text (2008)
  • All in all, the roommates complimented each other and emphasized each other's natural attractiveness.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • And it had a kind of a strange attractiveness, but mostly to white folks.

  • But for women, male attractiveness is much lower on the scale, right?

  • And your attractiveness is part of the story because you, you were, you got a lot of attention.

  • A place with a certain character and attractiveness.

  • The women trade off physical attractiveness for status in males.

  • My investigation team has found a way to directly enhance the attractiveness of a candidate.

  • And all of this, of course, bears on why high school students changed their minds about the attractiveness of all male schools.

  • It's no reflection on your attractiveness.

Synonyms

charm
vsattractiveness
297 1.7

A pleasant quality that makes people like a person or place

is a wider quality that covers various pleasing traits
good looks
vsattractiveness
255 1.7

An attractive face and appearance people notice

is broader, including nonphysical forms of appeal beyond appearance
attraction
vsattractiveness
160 2.1

A quality that makes something interesting to people

is the overall quality rather than the single feature that draws interest
allure
vsattractiveness
32 5.6

A strong charm that attracts people like beauty or mystery

is the general quality that may be milder and less forceful
loveliness
vsattractiveness
12 2.0

A pleasing, beautiful look that makes people admire it

is broader, covering overall appeal not only beauty or charm
prettiness
vsattractiveness
3 1.0

A quality that makes something look beautiful, often small and delicate

is broader appeal not limited to delicate or purely visual beauty
personal appeal
vsattractiveness
2 3.7

A natural charm that makes people like someone

is broader appeal not tied to influence or personal power
gorgeousness
vsattractiveness
1 3.9

A state of being very beautiful or attractive

is the general appeal that covers less extreme beauty or charm
comeliness
vsattractiveness
  • Archaic
1 8.4

Physical beauty that is pleasant to look at

is broader appeal beyond mere physical pleasantness or looks
adorability
vsattractiveness
1 4.2

A quality that makes a person or animal seem very cute and easy to love, like a puppy

is broader appeal not limited to inspiring affection or adoration
adorableness
vsattractiveness
1 4.0

Being very cute and charming so people feel affection

is the general appeal rather than only cute qualities
beauteousness
vsattractiveness
  • Archaic
1 8.4

How beautiful something looks

is the more general quality including looks, charm, and sexual appeal
desirableness
vsattractiveness
1 5.6

The quality that makes people want something

is specifically about appearance and appeal rather than general desirability
winsomeness
vsattractiveness
1 8.0

A charming, innocent quality that makes someone seem friendly

is broader appeal not limited to innocence or childlike charm
sightliness
vsattractiveness
1 6.7

How pleasant something looks to people

is the general appeal that also covers charm and sexual attraction
appealingness
vsattractiveness
6.3

The quality of being attractive and making people want something

is the broad quality covering physical, sexual, and other kinds of appeal
irresistibleness
vsattractiveness
7.8

A quality that makes people want something so much they cannot say no

is a general appeal rather than the extreme, irresistible force
becomingness
vsattractiveness
  • Archaic
9.9

A way of looking or behaving that is suitable and attractive

is focused on general appeal rather than correct or suitable appearance

Antonyms

A strong feeling of disgust that makes you want to move away

The way something looks when people do not find it pleasing

How Attractive

allure
32 5.6
attractiveness
  • NSFW
20 3.2
charm
297 1.7
appeal
222 2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

attractiveness = attractive (transparent) = attract + ive + ness

Standard nominalization from the adjective 'attractive' using '-ness'; the meaning is directly the quality of being attractive.

Etymology

Attractiveness comes from the root tract, which means 'to pull' and is the same root in tractor, a machine that pulls. So attractiveness is the quality that 'pulls' people toward someone or makes them feel drawn to them.