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beckoning

ADJECTIVE
attractive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alluring beautiful charming engaging enticing fair glamorous good-looking gorgeous handsome interesting inviting lovely pleasant pleasing tempting
WEAK
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
STRONGEST
boring disagreeable disenchanting disgusting dull homely offensive repulsive ugly unattractive undesirable
WEAK
repellent unappealing
ADJECTIVE
come-hither
Synonyms
WEAK
alluring bewitching coquettish enticing flirtatious inveigling inviting luring tempting
ADJECTIVE
irresistible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
alluring charming fascinating inevitable inexorable invincible overpowering overwhelming potent powerful seductive tempting unavoidable
WEAK
enchanting glamorous imperative indomitable ineluctable lovable ravishing scrumptious stunning unconquerable urgent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
avoidable escapable impotent incapable ineffective repulsive weak
WEAK
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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Who is the spooky, smiling woman beckoning to a young girl at the edge of her garden?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

But for the most part, America has always been an optimistic nation, with the future beckoning a better day for everyone.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 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

They were 1-0 up against Bayern in Munich, with extra time beckoning until a 94th-minute Alphonso Davies aggregate winner.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

They stumbled away to join Billy, who was beckoning from the corner of the main building.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman