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
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.
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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
But in the diary, Kennedy also painted himself as the victim of seductresses, the Daily Beast’s Lazarus said.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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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
But in the diary, Kennedy also painted himself as the victim of seductresses, the Daily Beast’s Lazarus said.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seductress
siren
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The trooper also noticed that the vehicle did not appear to have a visible rear license plate and flipped on their lights and siren to conduct a stop.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
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Maui’s top emergency management official at the time, Herman Andaya, was also criticized for his failure to use outdoor air sirens to alert the public.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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