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
Noun
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For instance, Johnson County examined tornado data and changed its siren activation zones based on the historical data.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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Every year, everything stops at 1100 when sirens blare all over the country.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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