sex symbol

noun

Definition of sex symbolnext
as in sexpot

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  1. sexpot
  2. femme fatale
  3. seducer
  4. charmer
  5. siren
Noun
  • The season gradually showcases Warner, who finds the bruised psyche beneath her character’s sexpot surface and delivers cutting dialogue with a precision that calls to mind Murphy blondes including Emma Roberts, Leslie Bibb and Billie Lourd.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Whether career girl or sexpot, gender bender or grande dame, Saint Laurent’s women were always new, and for the designer, newness was the most natural and inevitable thing in the world.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of sexpot
Noun
  • Tony Dalton brings impressive menace to a superficially affable sheriff, and Laura Donnelly strikes the perfect balance between femme fatale and innocent love interest.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Saldaña wore a selection from Balmain’s fall 2026 ready-to-wear collection, defined by a distinct noir sensibility that evoked a modern femme fatale archetype.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of femme fatale
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  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of seducer
Noun
  • Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice delight as academic opposites in this quick-witted, big-hearted and genuinely youthful-feeling British charmer.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Errol Flynn has never been better than in this buckling charmer.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of charmer
Noun
  • The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The myth of the sirens’ call has been with us for thousands of years, most recently brought to life in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Odyssey.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of siren
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“Sex symbol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sex%20symbol. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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