seductive
/sɪˈdʌktɪv/
seductive adjective: attractive, alluring, tempting.
Adjective
seductive (comparative more seductive, superlative most seductive)
- Attractive, alluring, tempting.
- Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.
- 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...1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
seductive meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
seductive in Tamil
- கவர்ச்சிமிக்க, மருட்டுகின்ற, கெடுக்கிற
seductive in Marathi
- मोहात पाडणारे, मोहात पाडणारी, मोहात पाडणारा
seductive in Bengali
- প্রলুব্ধকর, চিত্তাকর্ষক
seductive in Telugu
- సెడక్టివ్
More languagesFewer languages
- seductive in Malayalam
- വശീകരിക്കുന്ന vaśīkarikkunna
- seductive in Kannada
- ಸೆಡಕ್ಟಿವ್
Examples of seductive in a sentence
- With her seductive ways, she could have him within the snap of a finger.
- The redemption arc is a seductive narrative, and many neutrals will wish him well.
- The Duck Dynasty star turned faith influencer has given zillennial Christianity a seductive rebrand.
Forms of seductive
| comparative | more seductive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most seductive |
| alternative form (obsolete) | seducive |
Origin of seductive
From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive.
Words formed from seductive
Questions about seductive
- What does seductive mean?
- Seductive means attractive, alluring, tempting.
- What is seductive in Tamil?
- Seductive in Tamil is கவர்ச்சிமிக்க, மருட்டுகின்ற, கெடுக்கிற. See Seductive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is seductive?
- Seductive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce seductive?
- Seductive is pronounced /sɪˈdʌktɪv/ (UK).
Words near seductive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: seductive (page history and authors); seductive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seductive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seductive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seductive (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seductive (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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