Synonyms of duende

duende

noun

dü-ˈen-(ˌ)dā 

as in appeal

the power of irresistible attraction

even as a child, she had an unmistakable duende that attracted the attention of passersby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeal
• charm
• fascination
• attractiveness
• sweetness
• attraction
• glamour
• magic
• seductiveness
• enchantment
• allure
• charisma
• magnetism
• captivation
• witchery
• pizzazz
• oomph
• force field
• animal magnetism
• seduction
• desirableness
• desirability
• delightfulness
• allurement
• lure
• agreeableness
• niceness
• pleasantness
• call
• sex appeal
• pleasingness
• darlingness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repulsion
• repulsiveness
• unpleasantness
• disagreeableness
• offensiveness
• obnoxiousness
• distastefulness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of duende

That involved the special forces paying due heed to Indigenous cosmology which suggested a malign shapeshifting being known as a duende was conspiring to hide the children from their would-be rescuers. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025

In some of its most memorable reporting, former host Maria Celeste Arrarás and the team of reporters shared stories of duendes lurking in trees in Central America, brujas voladoras captured on camera by a shaky camcorder, and UFO or alien sightings. — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023

Charisma, class, and style all have something to do with duende. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2021

Which means that, for a dancer, duende is not only a mystical inspiration. — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019

Krug is no Orr, because no one can recreate that time, that talent that duende, but the winning rush was of near-No. — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2019

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