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attractive:
Pleasing to the eye or mind; having the power to draw attention; charming; pleasing. See attractive [SYN] for synonyms. Quotes:
(1) Felix/Baron Von Gaigern (John Barrymore) to Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) in Grand Hotel (1932): ' You're quite attractive enough to be anything .'
(2) Mischa Auer to Joan Davis in Around the World (1943): ' What's the idea of posing as an attractive woman? '
(3) Velma Valento (Claire Trevor) and Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) in Murder, My Sweet (1945):
-- Velma: ' I find men very attractive .'
-- Philip: ' I imagine they meet you half way .'
(4) Maria Danreuther (Lola Lollobrigida) to Gwendolyn Chelm (Jennifer Jones) in Beat the Devil (1954): ' All husbands like their wife to seem attractive to other men .'
(5) Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News (1987): ' Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive , if needy were a turn-on .'
(6) Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989):
-- Sally : ' Harry, we are just going to be friends .'
-- Harry: ' You realise of course that we can never be friends .'
-- Sally : ' Why not? '
-- Harry: ' What I'm saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her .'
-- Sally : ' So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive .'
-- Harry: ' No, you pretty much want to nail them too .'
(7) Mrs. Garner (Doreen Lang) to Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) in Almost an Angel (1990): ' A woman should be told she's attractive and desirable otherwise she ceases to be either .'
(8) Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992):-- Amanda : ' Do you find me attractive? '-- Cliff: ' God! I'm sure you get catcalls from priests .'
Synonyms: adorable, agreeable, alluring, appealing, attracting, arresting, awe-inspiring, awesome, beauteous, beautiful, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, foxily, beckoning, becoming, bewitching, breathtaking, captivating, catching, catchy, charming, comely, compelling, cunning, dishy, cute, darling, dishy, duende, gorgeous, handsome, hunky, imposing, impressive, interesting, inviting, looker, glamorous, good-looking, lovely, luring, magnetic, mediagenic, mesmeric, nice-looking, photogenic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, savory, scrumptious, showy, slick, snazzy, striking, stunning, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telegenic, tempting, toothsome, winning, winsome, seductive,
See Also: hunk of beef, smooth article, suck-sy, sextractive, RV, scorcher, mint, phat chick, pinup boy, poodle, real babe, hunkorama, honey dip, karena, little charmer, fly-boy, foxy, fucksome, glamour puss, good front, good looker, Greek god, a bit of crackling, Afrodite, alamo!, babe-a-cious, babe on wheels, baker's dozen, bed bait, beef-a-roni, bedful of sin, beefbot, bitch magnet, bonar, booty-shot, built for comfort, cheeker, callibombe, chickybabe, chossel, cooker, collar ad, crusher, cutie, cutes, DD, definite doink, dishy, doable, drooly, face on a stick, fine thing, tenderoni, Venus with a penis, trouser arouser, voos, talent, trat, skinz, swoony, butter baby, beo, babia majora, arse from elbow down, classy chassis, fly, lulus, jiggy, mega-babe, sex kitten, scoping, sexiness, hunk of butt, hunk of ass, doll up, charmer, attractive, cheesecake, dolly, dish, comely, bonny, lovely, tomato, totty, taco, smoothie, yummies, yummy, turn someone on, scope out, scope on, sex pot, sexed up, sexpot, Sheba, sweet potato pie, sweet patootie, melted butter, ring someone's chimes, ring someone's bell, poundcake, nymphet, oomph girl, package, pair, Page Three Girl, pancake, patootie, hookey, hooky, hot bod, hot number, Hottentot apron, hotty, lush, mack daddy, mac daddy, looker, a, kisser, knockout, fly-girl, gay youthism, ginch, hammer, he-male, hen, hemale, bod, brummy, betty, biddy, bimbette, biscuits, bit of all right, bit of alright, bit of fluff, babellicious, babe-a-licious, aphrodette, babyolatry, baldwin, Barbie, beef cakes, cupcake, cookie, cool, cover girl, crackling, creamie, Circe, cherry pie, chic, chicken dinner, doll face, cute trick, cute number, dreamboat, eyeful, fla, flah,
Quotes Containing attractive:
In The Penthouse Sexicon (1968) Frederic Mullally defined: - BOSOM: ''Attractive anatomical protuberance peculiar to the female anatomy.'' - BOTTOM: ''Anatomical protuberance attractive to the peculiar male.''
In The Penthouse Sexicon (1968) Frederic Mullally defined: - BOSOM: ''Attractive anatomical protuberance peculiar to the female anatomy.'' - BOTTOM: ''Anatomical protuberance attractive to the peculiar male.''
Maria (Lola Lollobrigida) to Gwendolyn (Jennifer Jones) in Beat the Devil (1954): 'All husbands like their wife to seem attractive to other men.'
Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News (1987): 'Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive , if needy were a turn-on.'
Felix/Baron Von Gaigern (John Barrymore) to Flaemmchen (Joan Crawford) in Grand Hotel (1932): 'You're quite attractive enough to be anything.'
Mischa Auer to Joan Davis (asthemselves) in Around the World (1943): 'What's the idea of posing as an attractive woman?'
Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) in Broadcast News (1987): ''Wouldn''t this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive , if needy were a turn-on.''
Maria Danreuther (Lola Lollobrigida) in Beat the Devil (1954): 'All husbands like their wife to seem attractive to other men.'
Lisa Fremont (Grace Kelly) to Jeff/L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) about Miss Torso, an attractive woman surrounded by men in Rear Window (1954): ''I''d say she''s doing a woman''s hardest job ; juggling wolves.''
Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992): - Amanda : 'Do you find me attractive?' - Cliff: 'God! I'm sure you get catcalls from priests.'
Velma (Claire Trevor) and Marlow (Dick Powell) in Murder, My Sweet (1945): - Velma Valento: 'I find men very attractive .' - Philip Marlow: 'I imagine they meet you half way .'
Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992): - Amanda : ''Do you find me attractive?'' - Cliff: ''God! I''m sure you get catcalls from priests.''
Amanda (Kelly Preston) and Cliff Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) in Only You (1992): - Amanda : ''Do you find me attractive?'' - Cliff: ''God! I''m sure you get catcalls from priests.''
Mrs. Garner (Doreen Lang) to Terry Dean (Paul Hogan) in Almost an Angel (1990): 'A woman should be told she's attractive and desirable otherwise she ceases to be either.'
Sally (Meg Ryan) and Harry (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): - Sally Albright: 'Harry, we are just going to be friends.' - Harry Burns: 'You realise of course that we can never be friends.' - Sally Albright: 'Why not?' - Harry Burns: 'What I'm saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her.' - Sally Albright: 'So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.' - Harry Burns: 'No, you pretty much want to nail them too.'
Sally (Meg Ryan) and Harry (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): - Sally Albright: ''Harry, we are just going to be friends.'' - Harry Burns: ''You realise of course that we can never be friends.'' - Sally Albright: ''Why not?'' - Harry Burns: ''What I''m saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can''t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her.'' - Sally Albright: ''So, you''re saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.'' - Harry Burns: ''No, you pretty much want to nail them too.''
Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) and Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) in When Harry Met Sally (1989): - Sally : 'Harry, we are just going to be friends.' - Harry:'You realise of course that we can never be friends.' - Sally : 'Why not?' - Harry:'What I'm saying is, and this is not a come-on in any way , shape or form, is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way . (...) Because no man can be friends with a woman he finds attractive . He always wants to have-sex-with her.' - Sally :'So, you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive.' - Harry:'No, you pretty much want to nail them too.'
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