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seductive

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se·duc·tive  (s-dktv)
adj.
Tending to seduce; alluring: "his sad and fastidious but ever seductive Irish voice" John Fowles.
se·ductive·ly adv.
se·ductive·ness n.
seductive
Adjective
1. (of a woman) sexually attractive
2. very attractive or tempting: a seductive argument
seductively adv
seductiveness n
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Adj.1.seductive - tending to entice into a desired action or state
attractive - pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm; "a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
unseductive - not seductive
seductive
adjective tempting, inviting, attractive, sexy (informal) irresistible, siren, enticing, provocative, captivating, beguiling, alluring, bewitching, ravishing, flirtatious, come-to-bed (informal) come-hither (informal)
Translations

seductive [sɪˈdʌktɪv] adj → seductor/a
seductive [sɪˈdʌktɪv] seduce adj → séduisant(e); [smile] → séducteur/trice (fig) [offer] → alléchant(e)
seductive [sɪˈdʌktɪv] seduce adj → verführerisch (fig) (offer) → verlockend
seductive [sɪˈdʌktɪv] adj → seducente
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It was for the Mediterranean sailors that fair-haired sirens sang among the black rocks seething in white foam and mysterious voices spoke in the darkness above the moving wave - voices menacing, seductive, or prophetic, like that voice heard at the beginning of the Christian era by the master of an African vessel in the Gulf of Syrta, whose calm nights are full of strange murmurs and flitting shadows.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Lifted by those eternal swells, you needs must own the seductive god, bowing your head to Pan.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
It was well advertised, but it hardly needed it: the bold originality, the extraordinary character, the seductive nature, and the vastness of the enterprise provoked comment everywhere and advertised it in every household in the land.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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