seductive
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//sɪˈdʌktɪv//
Attractive, alluring, tempting.
adjective
- 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?
Etymology
From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive.
Forms
- comparative
- more seductive
- superlative
- most seductive
sedative · An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing…seduce · To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted…seduction · The act of seducing.
seductive · Attractive, alluring, tempting.
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