adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Attractive, alluring, tempting.

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

Adjective

1. 1
   tending to entice into a desired action or state wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alluringteasingacceptableadorableagreeableappealing

Antonyms

All antonyms

modestunseductive

Example

More examples

"He met a seductive young woman at the party."

Etymology

From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive.

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