the need to be attractive. I am doing a speech on this, and i was wondering if there was a specific word that can summerize this without having to say "the need to be attractive"....thanks!
2006-11-15 12:31:47 · 17 answers · asked by Dead Birds Don't Poop 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I've been thinking of this and I honestly can't think of ONE word. This isn't a negative thing, though. Everyone wants to be considered attractive but a cultural bias leaves us without an acceptable way to express it. Look at the responses you got. Do you think it isn't important to them?
It isn't so much a need to be attractive as a desire. To be proud of one's image isn't negative. To bolster one's self image is a confidence building measure, and outward appearance matters. To care for one's appearance and put the best foot forward. Enhance your appeal to others; make a good (first?) impression. A desire to captivate, intrigue, be pleasing to the eye, have appeal. It isn't just the appearance, it's how the appearance affects how others behave toward us. There's nothing trivial or negative about that.
2006-11-15 13:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vain or vanity is the closest I can think of. Both have the connotation of egotistical, unfortunately.
2006-11-15 20:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by Debbie T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well... that's a toughie.
How 'bout an "itch" for approval? Or "emotional hunger" or "compulsion"? Maybe you could use the language of thirsting -- or yearning.
None of these is quite what you're looking for -- but I hope it helps.
2006-11-15 20:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Georgia Fella 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vain or Vainglorious
2006-11-15 20:40:09 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well how bout these words
adorable, agreeable, alluring, beaut, beautiful, beckoning, bewitching, captivating, charming, comely, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, enticing, fair, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, good-looking, gorgeous, handsome, hunk, interesting, inviting, looker*, lovely, luring, magnetic, mesmeric, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, pretty, provocative, seductive, stunning, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, winning, winsome
hope this helps!!! good luck!
2006-11-15 20:35:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Selfish
Needy
Shallow
Low self esteem
2006-11-15 20:41:39 · answer #6 · answered by Danny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possessed charm and charisma
2006-11-15 20:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ESSENTIAL" or "ASSET"......it is really a "need" to be a attractive in whatever way coz we are bound for survival to be the fittest on earth!
2006-11-15 20:39:35 · answer #8 · answered by sexy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i would like charming! that is a good one! goood luck on your speech
2006-11-15 20:37:30 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ღ...∂αηg3яσυѕℓу ιη ℓσν3...ღ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
self centered, egotistical
2006-11-15 20:37:05 · answer #10 · answered by Ahab 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋