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
  • Opened as a hotel in 1873, the property has attracted A-listers over the decades, including Alfred Hitchcock, Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and George Clooney (luring him from his own Como home nearby).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • Over the last decade, China reversed its brain drain, luring thousands of skilled workers back home to help fuel its rise as a technology powerhouse.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of luring
Verb
  • Extreme heat, tempting open bodies of water and outdoor critters can all prove deadly.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 July 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, 4 July 2026
Definition of tempting
Verb
  • Numbers like that are persuading brands to start treating in-game ads and product placements as a serious channel rather than a spare-budget experiment.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
  • But the deportation officers also had other means of persuading the holdouts.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of persuading
Verb
  • In addition to benefiting from the shade temperature-wise, providing coverage in the form of shrubbery also helps birds feel safer and more secure, further enticing them to use the bird bath.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of enticing

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“Seducing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seducing. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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