seductive

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈdʌktɪv/　

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?

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "seductive" is often applied: woman, lady, girl, power, art, image, behavior, smile, dress, dance, tango, song, etc.

Related terms

• seductress
• seducement
• seduce
• seduction

Translations

attractive, alluring, tempting

• 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
• Portuguese: sedutor (pt), seduzente (pt)
• Russian: соблазни́тельный (ru) (soblaznítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: buaireanta, meallach, tarraingeach, mealltach
• Spanish: seductor (es)
• Swedish: förförisk (sv)