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Definition of "sex appeal" []

  • Physical attractiveness or personal qualities that arouse others sexually. (noun)
  • Slang General appeal; power to interest or attract. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sex appeal" in a sentence
  • "Scratching guitar, Sting's sex appeal and inimitable mysterious build up to that archetypal Police sinaglong-with-Sting chorus."
  • "For the Percey Clay who sat in the left-hand seat of Lear N695FB was not Percey Clay the short girl with the squat face, or Percey Clay the girl whose only sex appeal was the lure of Daddy's chopped-tobacco money."
  • ""You don't exactly have much sex appeal yourself, cushion-face!""
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