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seductive

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation, US: /sɪˈdʌktɪv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH0 D AH1 K T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Attractive, alluring, tempting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

tending to entice into a desired action or state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unseductive

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съблазнителен (sǎblaznitelen) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Bulgarian: привлекателен (privlekatelen) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Catalan: seductor — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 诱人的 — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 誘人的 /诱人的 — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 妖媚 (yāomèi) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Chinese Mandarin: 富有魅力的 — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Czech: svůdný — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Czech: vábivý — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Czech: lákavý — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Finnish: viettelevä — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • French: séduisant — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • German: verführerisch — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Greek: δελεαστικός (deleastikós) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Greek: θελκτικός (thelktikós) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Hungarian: csábos — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Japanese: 悩ましい — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Japanese: あだっぽい — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Japanese: 艶めかしい — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Japanese: 誘惑的な — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Korean: 매혹적인 (maehokjeogin) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Korean: 유혹적인 (yuhokjeogin) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Latin: pellax — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Malayalam: വശീകരിക്കുന്ന (vaśīkarikkunna) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Polish: uwodzicielski — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Portuguese: sedutor — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Portuguese: seduzente — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Russian: соблазни́тельный (soblaznítelʹnyj) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Scottish Gaelic: buaireanta — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Scottish Gaelic: meallach — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Scottish Gaelic: tarraingeach — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Scottish Gaelic: mealltach — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Spanish: seductor — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Swedish: förförisk — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Turkish: ayartıcı — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Turkish: cazip — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Ottoman Turkish: جاذب (câzib) — attractive, alluring, tempting
  • Ukrainian: споку́сливий (spokúslyvyj) — attractive, alluring, tempting