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OOMPH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oomph mean?
• OOMPH (noun)
The noun OOMPH has 2 senses:
1. attractiveness to the opposite sex
2. the activeness of an energetic personality
Familiarity information: OOMPH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attractiveness to the opposite sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
desirability; desirableness; oomph; sex appeal
Hypernyms ("oomph" is a kind of...):
attractiveness (sexual allure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oomph"):
sultriness (the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The activeness of an energetic personality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dynamism; oomph; pizzaz; pizzazz; zing
Hypernyms ("oomph" is a kind of...):
activeness; activity (the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically)
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