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
Unfortunately, Monroe’s efforts to get deep into the world of a scheming seductress with a very mean streak is one of the few things in this film that really work.
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Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
They were confined to negative archetypes: the villain who had lost his Indian values, or the seductress whose drinking and smoking habits signaled moral corruption.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
Case in point, the character of Bruiser Stone (Lana Parrilla), reimagined here as a buxom seductress with a heart of gold.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Aside from Rain, other key figures in the books include Delilah, a conflicted Mossad seductress who is both Rain’s lover and his deadliest adversary, and Dox, a wisecracking Texan sniper.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
They were confined to negative archetypes: the villain who had lost his Indian values, or the seductress whose drinking and smoking habits signaled moral corruption.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
Case in point, the character of Bruiser Stone (Lana Parrilla), reimagined here as a buxom seductress with a heart of gold.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Aside from Rain, other key figures in the books include Delilah, a conflicted Mossad seductress who is both Rain’s lover and his deadliest adversary, and Dox, a wisecracking Texan sniper.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seductress
siren
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Air raid sirens sounded multiple times in border communities in northern Israel on Thursday, too.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The announcement by the Israel Defense Forces came shortly after sirens sounded in a few northern Israeli communities on the border with Lebanon, as authorities said drones had entered the country.—
April 27,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seductress. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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