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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None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Though stunt men and women had lent their skills, bones and sometimes very lives to the cause of motion picture entertainment, the contributions of the risk takers, daredevils and fate tempters was usually unbilled and little acknowledged.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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Rose Byrne tapped into her inner office siren for her latest awards season appearance on Tuesday, January 13.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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When police responded, the suspects heard sirens and ran off, and all three were arrested, the DA’s Office said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In the summer of 1898, when Ken left Westminster School for a solicitor’s office in Weymouth, Alan, without his brothers or his mother, went on holiday with his father.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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Police also reportedly met with a solicitor Tuesday, just hours before he was set to speak to the media about the fire.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
5 Dec. 2025
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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
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Despite not speaking English, Bardot landed her first lead role as a temptress in a 1955 British comedy called Doctor at Sea.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, which is executive-produced by Knox and features a finale co-written by her and showrunner K.J. Steinberg, is an attempt to redefine her as a girl rather than a temptress, an innocent rather than a murderer.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Seducer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducer. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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