SEDUCING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

seducing

verb

present participle of seduce

as in luring

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage I wasn't going to buy the car, but was seduced by the low-interest payment plan

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Recent Examples of seducing Waugh walks around with a newfound swagger, playing hooky, drinking heavily, even seducing a woman at his local. —

Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 Ian Somerhalder’s character delights in seducing aggro closeted dudes. —

Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2026 This is so outrageous that even Creepy Professor Oliver McCreepenstein, a middle-aged married man currently seducing his 17-year-old student, is aghast. —

Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026 Always on the phone, Evans was soon seducing and scrapping with everyone from Frank Sinatra (who threatened to pull Mia Farrow off Rosemary’s Baby) to suits refusing to cast a washed up Marlon Brando in The Godfather. —

Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 Feb. 2026 In the complaint, which was first filed in September in a North Carolina state court, plaintiff Heather Ammel accused Sinema of seducing her ex-husband Matthew Ammel, who began working for Sinema in April 2022 as part of her security detail. —

Chad De Guzman, Time, 16 Jan. 2026 The video featured a tired Madonna running into a mysterious man and woman in a hotel hallway, with the two seducing the singer into a night together, done as a tribute to the 1963 French film Bay of Angels, which starred Jeanne Moreau. —

Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 Jennifer then develops a taste for human flesh and begins seducing and killing teenage boys. —

Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Here are some of the less invasive procedures seducing Hollywood, as well as some of their most sought-after practitioners. —

Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025

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New owners Laura and Tim Schneider hope the reborn paper can aid in the community’s recovery by sharing information on the rebuilding process and luring residents and businesses back.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Late last month, Indiana lawmakers took another step toward potentially luring the Bears across the border after a statehouse committee approved a plan to create an agency that would build a new stadium for the team.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026