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temptress

/ˈtɛmp.tɹɛs/

temptress noun: an alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.

Noun

temptress (plural temptresses)

  1. An alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.
    Synonyms:
    vamp
  2. A woman considered sexually attractive by men.
    • Marilyn Monroe, the iconic temptress of the 20th century.

temptress meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

temptress in Urdu

دلکش, فتنہ پرور, ورغلانے والی

temptress in Malayalam

siren, seductress, femme fatale
മോഹിനി, മാദകത്വം കൊണ്ടുവശീകരിക്കുന്ന സ്ത്രീ, വശീകരണക്കാരി, പിഴപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ, വഴിപിഴപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ, ഒയ്യാരക്കാരി

Synonyms of temptress

Forms of temptress

pluraltemptresses

Origin of temptress

From tempter + -ess.

Questions about temptress

What does temptress mean?
Temptress means an alluring woman who seduces or exploits men.
What is temptress in Urdu?
Temptress in Urdu is دلکش, فتنہ پرور, ورغلانے والی. See Temptress meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is temptress?
Temptress is a noun.
How do you pronounce temptress?
Temptress is pronounced /ˈtɛmp.tɹɛs/.
What is the plural of temptress?
The plural of temptress is temptresses.

Words near temptress in the dictionary

  1. tempting fate
  2. temptingly
  3. temptingness
  4. temptings
  5. temptless
  6. temptress
  7. temptresses
  8. tempts
  9. tempts fate
  10. temptsome
  11. temptuous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: temptress (page history and authors); temptress (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); temptress (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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