Meanings
- uncountableThe property of being seductive
Her seductiveness came from her apparent innocence.
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Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 219She brought a tigresslike seductiveness and a husky-voiced irreverence to roles as worldly, devil-may-care women, becoming adept at playing exotic vamps and free-spirited protagonists, […]
1990 January 26, Peter B. Flint, “Ava Gardner Is Dead at 67; Often Played Femme Fatale”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: seductivity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being seductive
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Translations
Italian seduttività
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