attractive

From Middle French attractif, from Late Latin attractivus, equivalent to attract +‎ -ive.

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɹæktɪv/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪv

attractive (comparative more attractive, superlative most attractive)

1. Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
2. Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.

   That's a very attractive offer.

3. Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.

   He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.

   • 2013 February, Olivia Solomon, “Idol Worship and the Life Ruiners of Ecosoc”, in Echoes, University of the Philippines, page 50:

     […] or I keysmash my feelings away every time there is an attractive picture of them that surfaced on the internet and since every picture is an attractive picture, let's just say my keyboard knows the pain I have to go through.

• (causing attraction): magnetic
• (having the ability to charm): See Thesaurus:attractive
• (pleasing or appealing to the senses): See Thesaurus:beautiful

• (antonym(s) of “having the power of charming”): repulsive, ugly
• (antonym(s) of “pleasing or appealing to the senses”): repulsive, ugly
• unattractive

• attractive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “attractive”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “attractive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁak.tiv/

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attractive

1. feminine singular of attractif

attractīve

1. vocative masculine singular of attractīvus