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seductive

adjective

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Pronunciation: /sɪˈdʌktɪv/

adj

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

  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?