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seductress

/sɪˈdʌktɹɛs/

seductress noun: a woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.

Noun

seductress (plural seductresses)

  1. A woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.
    • The sirens were seductresses who lured many sailors to their doom.
  2. A woman who seduces.
    • Even though she didn't think of herself as a seductress, her effect on men showed she was one.

seductress meaning in Hindi, Malayalam and Arabic

seductress in Hindi

woman who seduces
मोहिनी mohinī

seductress in Malayalam

temptress, siren, femme fatale
മോഹിനി, മാദകത്വം കൊണ്ടുവശീകരിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ, പിഴപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ, വഴിപിഴപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ, ഒയ്യാരക്കാരി, കൊഴഞ്ചാത്തി

seductress in Arabic

woman who seduces
غَاوِيَة ḡāwiya

Synonyms of seductress

Forms of seductress

pluralseductresses

Origin of seductress

From seductor + -ess.

Questions about seductress

What does seductress mean?
Seductress means a woman skilled in and practiced at seduction.
What is seductress in Hindi?
Seductress in Hindi is मोहिनी (mohinī). See Seductress meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is seductress?
Seductress is a noun.
How do you pronounce seductress?
Seductress is pronounced /sɪˈdʌktɹɛs/.
What is the plural of seductress?
The plural of seductress is seductresses.

Words near seductress in the dictionary

  1. seductivity
  2. seductor
  3. seductors
  4. seductour
  5. seductours
  6. seductress
  7. seductresses
  8. sedule
  9. sedules
  10. sedulities
  11. sedulity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seductress (page history and authors); seductress (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset 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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