seductive

seductive

English

Alternative forms

• seducive (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈdʌktɪv/　

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Adjective

seductive (comparative more seductive, superlative most seductive)

1. Attractive, alluring, tempting.

   Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The most rapid and most seductive 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?

Related terms

• seductress
• seducement
• seduce
• seduction

Collocations

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

attractive, alluring, tempting

Bulgarian: съблазнителен (bg) (sǎblaznitelen), привлекателен (bg) (privlekatelen) Catalan: seductor Chinese: Mandarin: 诱人的, 誘人的, 妖媚 (zh), 富有魅力的, Czech: svůdný, vábivý, lákavý Finnish: viettelevä (fi) French: séduisant (fr) German: verführerisch (de) Greek: δελεαστικός (el) (deleastikós), θελκτικός (el) (thelktikós) Japanese: 悩ましい, あだっぽい, 艶めかしい (ja), 誘惑的な Korean: 매혹적인 (maehokjeogin), 유혹적인 (yuhokjeogin) Latin: pellax Malayalam: വശീകരിക്കുന്ന (vaśīkarikkunna) Polish: uwodzicielski (pl) Portuguese: sedutor (pt), seduzente (pt) Russian: соблазни́тельный (ru) (soblaznítelʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: buaireanta, meallach, tarraingeach, mealltach Spanish: seductor (es) Swedish: förförisk (sv) Ukrainian: споку́сливий (spokúslyvyj)