as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
Greta Garbo, one of the most famous temptresses ever to appear on screen, died in 1990
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Recent Examples of temptress
The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
In the musical thriller, Lopez stars as Aurora, a fantasy temptress conjured up by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser imprisoned during a war in Argentina circa 1981, along with Valentin Arregui Paz, a Marxist.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
No Good Deed does have an undeniably fantastic cast at its disposal, from Luke Wilson as an unhappy soap actor to Linda Cardellini as a blonde temptress, from Denis Leary as a dangerous ex-con to the great Anna Maria Horsford as the overbearing mom of one prospective buyer.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
In the musical thriller, Lopez stars as Aurora, a fantasy temptress conjured up by Luis Molina, a gay hairdresser imprisoned during a war in Argentina circa 1981, along with Valentin Arregui Paz, a Marxist.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
No Good Deed does have an undeniably fantastic cast at its disposal, from Luke Wilson as an unhappy soap actor to Linda Cardellini as a blonde temptress, from Denis Leary as a dangerous ex-con to the great Anna Maria Horsford as the overbearing mom of one prospective buyer.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temptress
siren
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The trooper saw a Mercedes-Benz E300 traveling at excessive speed on I-91 south near Cromwell and tried to initiate a traffic stop with lights and sirens.—
Madison Lambert,
NBC news,
6 June 2025
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The trooper wasn’t able to catch up or turn on the squad’s emergency lights or sirens before Thompson cut across all four lanes of traffic and turned off the interstate at Lake Street.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
6 June 2025
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“Temptress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temptress. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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