as in tempter
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire
fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers
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Recent Examples of seducer
Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
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Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seducer
Noun
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Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.—
Robert Lloyd,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte (Enyi Okoronkwo) is promoted to chief fellow party animal and tempter, showing up at Mozart’s door draped in women.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Investigators found that Aliji intended to drive a Volkswagen Beetle equipped with fake police sirens and flashing blue lights toward crowds outside the venue before detonating explosives concealed inside a Red Bull can.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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The cars have also has been outfitted with improved lidar that can see through heavy rain and snow conditions, and have upgraded audio receivers that can better hear sirens and and other noises, the company said.—
Jennifer Elias,MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Review your shareholder agreement with a corporate solicitor.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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But the long-running saga involving the scion of a prominent and powerful family of local lawyers and solicitors took an unexpected turn this week when the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Sarah Snook cartwheeled through 26 roles — from the beautiful and doomed protagonist to his oily, eloquent corruptor, Lord Henry, to the tragically self-sabotaging actress Sibyl Vane — without, seemingly, losing her breath or putting a single curl on Dorian’s golden head out of place.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In Italian, a diavola is a dangerous, powerful woman, and likely a temptress.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 May 2026
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Indeed, she is labelled with being a rule-breaker and temptress.—
Lisa Z. Lindahl,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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