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piquant, salty

adj. engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language"

engaging, piquant

adj. attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"

interesting

adj. arousing or holding the attention

inviting

adj. attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer"

tantalizing, tantalising, tempting

adj. very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"

irresistible

adj. overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty"

ravishing

adj. stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde"

intriguing

adj. capable of arousing interest or curiosity; "our team came up with some most intriguing finds"

delightful, delicious

adj. greatly pleasing or entertaining; "a delightful surprise"; "the comedy was delightful"; "a delicious joke"

delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy

adj. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

disarming

adj. capable of allaying suspicion or hostility and inspiring confidence; "a disarming smile"

pleasant

adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"

absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting

adj. capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"

obsessional, obsessive

adj. characterized by or constituting an obsession; "the obsessional character of his response"; "obsessive gambling"

ingratiating

adj. capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"

interesting

adj. arousing or holding the attention

stunning

adj. strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure"; "stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"

alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting

adj. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"

provocative

adj. exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"

amiable, good-humored, good-humoured

adj. disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson

exciting

adj. stimulating interest and discussion; "an exciting novel"

rousing, stirring

adj. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"

challenging, thought-provoking

adj. stimulating interest or thought; "a challenging hypothesis"; "a thought-provoking book"

fetching, taking, winning

adj. very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"

attention-getting, catchy

adj. likely to attract attention; "a catchy title for a movie"

bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating

adj. capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman"

charismatic, magnetic

adj. possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality"

cunning, cute

adj. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"

dinky

adj. (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"

dishy

adj. (informal British) sexually attractive; "a dishy blonde"

hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, spellbinding

adj. attracting and holding interest as if by a spell; "read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice"; "she had a warm mesmeric charm"; "the sheer force of his presence was mesmerizing"; "a spellbinding description of life in ancient Rome"

nice

adj. pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance; "what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith; "nice manners"; "a nice dress"; "a nice face"; "a nice day"; "had a nice time at the party"; "the corn and tomatoes are nice today"

personable

adj. (of persons) pleasant in appearance and personality

photogenic

adj. looking attractive in photographs

prepossessing

adj. creating a favorable impression; "strong and vigorous and of prepossessing appearance"

winsome

adj. charming in a childlike or naive way

unattractive

adj. lacking power to arouse interest; "being unemployed is a most unattractive prospect"

objectionable, obnoxious

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky

adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

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