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 The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look. — Literary Hub, 26 June 2026 That means seducing Paris Carver, Elliot's wife and Bond's ex, portrayed by Teri Hatcher. — John Russell, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 Nate plays his older neighbors like a fiddle, seducing them with his beauty, money, and youth. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 On the left, he’s heralded as the only voice capable of seducing young men disaffected by party politics. — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026 One of her alternate personalities — the cold and calculating Samantha — joins law enforcement to pursue her father’s killers, while other identities begin to surface with their own motives, seducing and manipulating powerful men as Sylvia’s search for justice veers into vengeance. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 The show is also virtually devoid of romantic escapades, a good thing since Dumas’ novel is filled with a lot of sentimental claptrap about fighting for defenseless women’s honor or seducing virtuous maidens or going to war due to the physical beauty of a monarch. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seducing
  1. luring
  2. tempting
  3. persuading
  4. enticing
Verb
  • For the past two years, Indian IPO markets have seen frenzied activity, luring even multinational companies to list their India business units.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • Home to the filming of hits like Reservation Dogs, Tulsa King, and Killers of the Flower Moon, Oklahoma's pop culture is luring travelers.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
Definition of luring
Verb
  • The Casa Amor women are tasked with tempting the villa men to stray from their existing relationships while they are separated from the villa women for several days.
    — KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • While many dangerous plants are unlikely to appear in a flower garden, there are some weeds that produce beautiful flowers and tempting berries that may look right at home next to your camellias, but are downright deadly.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
Definition of tempting
Verb
  • Criminals execute what is known as a SIM swap, persuading a mobile carrier to transfer a victim's phone number to a device the criminal controls.
    — Gegham Azatyan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Since Mary Grace’s death, her parents have poured their energy into persuading lawmakers to make camps safer by banning cabins in active flood plains, mandating 24-7 weather monitoring and requiring rigorous annual evacuation training.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of persuading
Verb
  • The doe-eyed spa manager, Anupam Banerjee, has come up with a wide range of enticing holistic treatments, from scrubs, massages, and facials; to biohacking PEMF body mats and LED masks; to Ayurvedic therapies; to breath work and meditation.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • Being part of a team on the brink of achieving something special, under a general manager who has been cooking in recent seasons, could be enticing.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of enticing

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