seductive

UK/sɪˈdʌktɪv/US/sɪˈdʌktɪv/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,359 of 15,258neutral

Seductive means alluring in a way that draws somebody into temptation. A seductive offer.

The wider use is commoner in writing, where an idea or an argument can be seductive. A seductive argument is one that is attractive rather than sound.

Definitions of seductive

1adjectiveseductiveAlluring in a sexually charged way that draws somebody into temptation.B2+
“The whole scheme was seductive and did not survive an hour of arithmetic.”

seductive is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin seducere means to lead aside, from se plus ducere, to lead.

Latin
sēduct-
English, today
seductive

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

seductive in the wild

"Lolita" is an English-language term defining a young girl as "precociously seductive".
Lolita (term)
Entodon seductrix, known as the seductive entodon moss or round-stem silk moss, is a species of Entodontaceae.
Entodon seductrix
Critics argue that seductive details do not always impede understanding and that seductive details can sometimes be motivating for learners.
Seductive details
In the Ballroom scene of the dance, Bourmeister made Odile more like an attractive and respectable girl than a seductive vamp to make Siegreid portraying Odette more realistic.
Vladimir Bourmeister

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