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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seductress
siren
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In the days after, officials offered several explanations amid growing frustration: The sirens were broken.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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But as floodwaters rose rapidly on the Guadalupe River in the early hours of July 4, there was no outdoor siren or warning alarm to alert people to the danger.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 July 2025
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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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