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
Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare.
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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
Walsh portrays Charlie, a woman struggling to regain her sense of self and security following a miscarriage, with Stojan as Naomi, a seductress painter with a dark secret.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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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
Walsh portrays Charlie, a woman struggling to regain her sense of self and security following a miscarriage, with Stojan as Naomi, a seductress painter with a dark secret.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seductress
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Video of the Russian strike and its aftermath showed mangled and bloodied bodies lying motionless, burning cars and debris covering the road, as screams and sirens wailed in the background.—
Justin Porter,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Emergency sirens can be heard as people run in panic, while others can be seen lying on the ground.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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