Meanings
comparative more seductive · superlative most seductive · alternative obsolete seducive
- Attractive, alluring, tempting.
Evil is said to be seductive, which is one reason why people do what they know they shouldn't.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to entice into a desired action or state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsēduct-
- Englishseductive
From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian съблазнителен, привлекателен
- съблазнителен (săblaznitelen)attractive, alluring, tempting
- привлекателен (privlekatelen)attractive, alluring, tempting
Catalan seductor
- seductorattractive, alluring, tempting
Chinese Mandarin 诱人的, 誘人的 /诱人的
- 诱人的attractive, alluring, tempting
- 誘人的 /诱人的attractive, alluring, tempting
- 妖媚 (yāomèi)attractive, alluring, tempting
- 富有魅力的attractive, alluring, tempting
Czech svůdný, vábivý
- svůdnýattractive, alluring, tempting
- vábivýattractive, alluring, tempting
- lákavýattractive, alluring, tempting
Finnish viettelevä
- vietteleväattractive, alluring, tempting
French séduisant
- séduisantattractive, alluring, tempting
German verführerisch
- verführerischattractive, alluring, tempting
Greek δελεαστικός, θελκτικός
- δελεαστικός (deleastikós)attractive, alluring, tempting
- θελκτικός (thelktikós)attractive, alluring, tempting
Hungarian csábos
- csábosattractive, alluring, tempting
Japanese 悩ましい, あだっぽい
- 悩ましいattractive, alluring, tempting
- あだっぽいattractive, alluring, tempting
- 艶めかしいattractive, alluring, tempting
- 誘惑的なattractive, alluring, tempting
Korean 매혹적인, 유혹적인
- 매혹적인 (maehokjeogin)attractive, alluring, tempting
- 유혹적인 (yuhokjeogin)attractive, alluring, tempting
Latin pellax
- pellaxattractive, alluring, tempting
Polish uwodzicielski
- uwodzicielskiattractive, alluring, tempting
Portuguese sedutor, seduzente
- sedutorattractive, alluring, tempting
- seduzenteattractive, alluring, tempting
Russian соблазни́тельный
- соблазни́тельный (soblaznítelʹnyj)attractive, alluring, tempting
Scottish Gaelic buaireanta, meallach
- buaireantaattractive, alluring, tempting
- meallachattractive, alluring, tempting
- tarraingeachattractive, alluring, tempting
- mealltachattractive, alluring, tempting
Spanish seductor
- seductorattractive, alluring, tempting
Swedish förförisk
- förföriskattractive, alluring, tempting
Turkish ayartıcı, cazip
- ayartıcıattractive, alluring, tempting
- cazipattractive, alluring, tempting
Ukrainian споку́сливий
- споку́сливий (spokúslyvyj)attractive, alluring, tempting
Cite this entry
seductive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seductive
“seductive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seductive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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