Dictionary

seductive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈdʌktɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Attractive, alluring, tempting.
   • Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.
   • 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? 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

seductiveness · nonseductive · seductivity · unseductive · seductively

Relateds

seductress · seduce · seducive · seducement · seduction

Translations (38)

ru соблазни́тельный (attractive, alluring, tempting) · fr séduisant (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ja 艶めかしい (attractive, alluring, tempting) · gd meallach (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cs vábivý (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ja 誘惑的な (attractive, alluring, tempting) · el θελκτικός (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ca seductor (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cmn 富有魅力的 (attractive, alluring, tempting) · sv förförisk (attractive, alluring, tempting) · gd mealltach (attractive, alluring, tempting) · bg привлекателен (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ko 매혹적인 (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cmn 妖媚 (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ota جاذب (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ko 유혹적인 (attractive, alluring, tempting) · tr ayartıcı (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cmn 誘人的 /诱人的 (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ja 悩ましい (attractive, alluring, tempting) · fi viettelevä (attractive, alluring, tempting) · pt sedutor (attractive, alluring, tempting) · es seductor (attractive, alluring, tempting) · el δελεαστικός (attractive, alluring, tempting) · pl uwodzicielski (attractive, alluring, tempting) · hu csábos (attractive, alluring, tempting) · la pellax (attractive, alluring, tempting) · pt seduzente (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cs svůdný (attractive, alluring, tempting) · de verführerisch (attractive, alluring, tempting) · tr cazip (attractive, alluring, tempting) · gd tarraingeach (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cs lákavý (attractive, alluring, tempting) · uk споку́сливий (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ml വശീകരിക്കുന്ന (attractive, alluring, tempting) · gd buaireanta (attractive, alluring, tempting) · bg съблазнителен (attractive, alluring, tempting) · ja あだっぽい (attractive, alluring, tempting) · cmn 诱人的 (attractive, alluring, tempting)