as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
in the movie she played Cleopatra, one of history's most famous seductresses
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Recent Examples of seductress
The woman behind the enchanting seductress at the center of the song was a bank teller who was, according to Parton, overly-familiar with her husband.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
The problem is that she’s cast herself in the part of a 16-year-old seductress.
—Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
The problem is that she’s cast herself in the part of a 16-year-old seductress.
—Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seductress
siren
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Milwaukee's entire siren system is comprised of sirens made by ASC, and at one point, the county had several hundred sirens, Dondajeski said.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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The myth of the siren has captivated storytellers for millennia.—
Kalie Cassidy
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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