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seductive

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Etymology

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FromLatinsēduct-, past-participle stem ofsēdūcere, +‎-ive.

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Adjective

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seductive (comparativemoreseductive,superlativemostseductive)

  1. Attractive,alluring,tempting.
    Evil is said to beseductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.
    • 1921,Ben Travers, chapter 5, inA Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Company, published1925,→OCLC:
      The most rapid and mostseductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.[]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

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with nouns
  • seductive woman
  • seductive lady
  • seductive girl
  • seductive power
  • seductive art
  • seductive image
  • seductive behavior
  • seductive smile
  • seductive dress
  • seductive dance
  • seductive tango
  • seductive song
  • seductive look

Translations

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attractive, alluring, tempting
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