"sex appeal" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sex appeal (uncountable)
  1. Sexual attractiveness. Wikipedia link: sexual attraction Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Appearance, Sex Translations (sexual attractiveness): اِنْجِذَاب جِنْسِيّ (injiḏāb jinsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), جَاذِبِيَّة جِنْسِيَّة (jāḏibiyya jinsiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), сексапил (seksapil) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 性感 (xìnggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 性魅力 (xìngmèilì) (Chinese Mandarin), sexappeal [common-gender] (Danish), seksallogo (Esperanto), sukupuolinen vetovoima (Finnish), seksikkyys (Finnish), sex appeal [masculine] (French), attirance sexuelle [feminine] (French), attraction sexuelle [feminine] (French), attrait sexuel [masculine] (French), Sexappeal [masculine] (German), erotische Anziehungskraft [feminine] (German), σεξαπίλ (sexapíl) [neuter] (Greek), यौन आकर्षण (yaun ākarṣaṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), सेक्स अपील (seks apīl) (Hindi), szexepil (Hungarian), kynþokki [masculine] (Icelandic), gnéasúlacht (Irish), 色気 (iroke) (alt: いろけ) (Japanese), セックスアピール (sekkusuapīru) (Japanese), 섹스 어필 (sekseu eopil) (Korean), seksapil [masculine] (Polish), atrakcyjność seksualna [feminine] (Polish), apelo sexual [masculine] (Portuguese), sex appeal [masculine] (Portuguese), сексапи́льность (seksapílʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сексуа́льная привлека́тельность (seksuálʹnaja privlekátelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), atracción sexual [feminine] (Spanish), sexapil [masculine] (Spanish), sex appeal (Swedish), sariing gayuma (Tagalog), seksapel (Turkish), hấp dẫn tình dục (Vietnamese)

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