attractive

attractive
adj.
VERBS
be, look

She looked attractive and beautifully dressed.

become, grow

He had grown more attractive with age.

make sb/sth
find sb/sth

This is an idea that I find very attractive.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
incredibly, particularly
strikingly, stunningly

a stunningly attractive woman

irresistibly
physically, sexually, visually

He no longer found her physically attractive.

a visually attractive display

economically

This is not an economically attractive option for many farmers.

superficially

The policy is superficially attractive, but unlikely to work.

PREPOSITION
to

Schools must try to make science more attractive to youngsters.

Attractive is used with these nouns: ↑alternative, ↑appearance, ↑aspect, ↑blonde, ↑building, ↑colour, ↑combination, ↑countryside, ↑couple, ↑design, ↑destination, ↑display, ↑feature, ↑football, ↑force, ↑girl, ↑incentive, ↑lady, ↑man, ↑offer, ↑option, ↑package, ↑personality, ↑price, ↑proposition, ↑prospect, ↑resort, ↑return, ↑room, ↑route, ↑setting, ↑shade, ↑target, ↑trait, ↑village, ↑wife, ↑woman

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