search for Russian synonyms

Tue Apr 11 01:19:18 UTC 2006

magnetic, ----- pritjagatel'naja
spell-binding or hypnotic ----- zasasyvajushchaja krasota

But then there is "obajatel'naja" as opposed to "ocharovatel'naja",
"prelestnaja" and "plenitel'naja" as opposed to "vosxititel'naja" (probably
more 'charming' than 'fascinating').

Aren't we supposed to look at culture-specific characteristics? Or at least
at deviations (and distorted borrowings), such as "glamurnaja zhenshchina"
rather than "unicode", a semantic esperanto?

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