What does calling someone attractive mean anyway?

[Anonymous]

Is it like saying that they're just passable?

[Mexicoman101]

cmon, really?
'not good enough to be beautiful'
I think beautiful tends to count as attractive. You're just looking for reasons to be upset with people, I think. I think the word attractive is like a word I would use if I was trying not to convey too much interest, or to tell a coworker or someone I know in a professional capacity how I feel about a girl. If im in front of a teacher I respect im not going to say 'yeah, she looks sexy as hell with those curves, & Dat Ass', im gonna be more like 'yes, I think she's attractive. I like her hair and the way she dresses'

[zagor]

Nice way to turn a compliment into an insult.

"You seem very intelligent"
- He thinks I'm not attractive

"You are quite attractive"
- He doesn't find me beautiful

"You are beautiful"
- He thinks I'm a ditzy airhead

[Asker]

Lol I didn't say insult. I just meant barely a compliment

[Zer0Ghost]

If I meant "passable" I would say it. When I say "attractive" I mean physically attractive, overuse of beautiful dents it's meaning, and I'm not one to have a set rank for adjectives, beautiful could mean less than gorgeous, goddess could mean less than having no words at all, attractive could mean I'm sick of saying beautiful just because it's what you want to hear

[IEat70sBush]

To me attractive means she's good enough to make me want to see her naked, eat her pussy, fuck her, etc. Beautiful is really just turning that up another notch. Really this is why the 1-10 or 1-100 scale was invented, it's a bit more precise than ugly/unattractive/average/attractive/beautiful.

[xxxuknownxxx]

attractive is a word but it explains an emotion and having the feelings that your attracted to some one got no explanation but your subconscious is looking for type of body big guy, ripped, tall... etc and as soon as you this in front of you, you will be attracted.

[Kuraj]

Passable people are the ones you can "settle" with, attractive people are the ones you go out of your way to get.
How attractive they are depends, it just means they would always stick out in a sea of "passables" no matter how big it is.

In my world 7/10s are passable, not ugly but you don't go out of your way to get them.
An attractive person for me is an 8 or above.

[savalisk]

If I say you're attractive, it means something about you has caught my attention, it is referencing beauty in some way.
I fail to see how saying someone is attractive is telling them that they aren't good enough to be beautiful.

[adores]

When you're attracted to someone, whether it'll be sexually or not, it means they find you physically pleasing, right? I personally don't see it as a "eh, you're passable."

[Dubloons]

What a negative view. Attractive is more general, beautiful, in my mind, is a certain attractiveness that goes with cute and sexy.

[SpartanMEC777]

attractive is all the words in one it's not just one word to me it makes me think that I'm calling you beautiful sexy and hot all at the same time.

[Caaarl]

It depends on context and who's saying it. Obviously people can worship you but not everyone is going to do that even if they think you're really hot.

[OlderGuy965]

It's a bit better than passable. Passable I would say "average". Attractive is possibly pretty, or above average, but not outstanding. Take it as a compliment

[clampfan101]

Attractiveness can greatly vary in level. Anywhere for "pretty cute" to "sexiest ever". It's a question of HOW attractive you are in their opinion, which you're going to have to guess, assume, or ask.

[TheCougarMan]

you don't know? when you look at a guy and your panties get wet, that means you find him attractive

[Pizzalover101]

It means a guy think a your God looking or hot or would try to score with you

[SwolDishWasher]

You're thinking too hard buttercup

[Asker]

Lol how's that?

[SwolDishWasher]

Attractive is just attractive.

[Asker]

Uh huh, thanks for clarifying 👍😃

[SwolDishWasher]

I wasn't aware a word like attractive needed to be clarified.

[Asker]

I mean, yeah, when there's much more complimentary words one could choose. It doesn't sound too positive to me

[SwolDishWasher]

That makes no sense. Goodbye

[Asker]

You're rude. Goodbye

[genericname85]

It means that you'd smash xD

[jacktheman93]

at least you were not called ugly

[jacktheman93]

women if you call them ugly they hate you if you call them attractive they hate you even more lmao

[Dalesmith]

for me attractive means i basically like her

[luckypshah]

It is not true like passable.