seductress

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. 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 See All Example Sentences for seductress
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siren
Noun
  • Provide Predictable Signals Of Stability As Martin Seligman mentioned in his positive psychology research, the London air-raid sirens during WWII were so reliable as a signal that people were willing to go out and carry on even though bombs landed unpredictably.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The occasional siren or celebratory whoop was just a streetwise soundtrack that rooted me in a dynamic neighborhood where the art scene, stadium buzz, and working waterfront converge.
    Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025

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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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