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present participle of beckon.

beckoning

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attractive adj.
come-hither adj.
irresistible adj.
taking adj.

ADJECTIVE

attractive

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alluring beautiful charming engaging enticing fair glamorous good-looking gorgeous handsome interesting inviting lovely pleasant pleasing tempting

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adorable agreeable bewitching captivating comely enchanting enthralling fascinating fetching hunky looker luring magnetic mesmeric prepossessing pretty provocative seductive stunning taking tantalizing teasing winning winsome

Antonyms

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boring disagreeable disenchanting disgusting dull homely offensive repulsive ugly unattractive undesirable

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repellent unappealing

ADJECTIVE

come-hither

Synonyms

WEAK

alluring bewitching coquettish enticing flirtatious inveigling inviting luring tempting

ADJECTIVE

irresistible

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alluring charming fascinating inevitable inexorable invincible overpowering overwhelming potent powerful seductive tempting unavoidable

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enchanting glamorous imperative indomitable ineluctable lovable ravishing scrumptious stunning unconquerable urgent

Antonyms

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avoidable escapable impotent incapable ineffective repulsive weak

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resistible

ADJECTIVE

taking

Synonyms

STRONG

alluring bewitching captivating charming enchanting engaging enthralling enticing fair fascinating fetching interesting inviting looker lovely luring pleasing prepossessing stunning sweet tantalizing teasing tempting winning

WEAK

adorable agreeable beautiful comely glamorous good-looking gorgeous handsome hunky magnetic mesmeric pleasant pretty provocative seductive winsome

Antonyms

STRONG

boring disenchanting homely repellent repulsive ugly unattractive

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beckoning

Masterful France captain Dupont again glided through the Welsh defence but centre Brau-Boirie lost possession with the try-line beckoning.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

Within minutes, fresh Payesh was served, beckoning everyone to the dining table with an unspoken yet unifying urge.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026

The grandmotherly driving of today’s Waymos conjures images of two, excessively polite Midwesterners locked at an intersection, each beckoning the other to go first, back and forth in perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

His Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, which opened in 2017, transformed a historic warehouse once used to store opera sets into a beckoning communal performance space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

“Come on over here,” Jerry said, beckoning me over to an empty strip.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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