Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fatal attraction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: fa-tal at-trac-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The situation where a person is romantically attracted to another by qualities likely to contribute to the breakup of the relationship.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

fatal attractions (plural)

Questions

What does fatal attraction mean?: The situation where a person is romantically attracted to another by qualities likely to contribute to the breakup of the relationship.

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