Meaning & use
temptress
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A woman who uses her charm or attractiveness to lure, seduce, or deceive someone.
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In the myth, the sirens were temptresses who lured sailors to their doom.
The film cast her as a scheming temptress determined to steal the fortune.
A note on using this word
A somewhat old-fashioned, literary term, often applied to characters in fiction and mythology rather than in everyday descriptions of real people.
Words with a similar meaning
seductress
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