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seductive

  • 1 seductor

    adj.
    seductive, attractive, captivating, beguiling.
    m.
    1 seducer, tempter, charmer.
    2 Don Juan.
    * * *
    1 seductive
    2 (atractivo) captivating
    3 (persuasivo) tempting
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 seducer
    * * *
    seductor, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) [sexualmente] seductive
    2) (=cautivador) [persona] charming; [idea] tempting
    2.
    SM / F seducer/seductress
    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo
    a) ( en sentido sexual) < persona> seductive; <manera/gesto> seductive, alluring
    b) (que cautiva, fascina) enchanting, charming
    c) <idea/proposición> attractive, tempting
    II
    - tora (m) seducer; (f) seducer, seductress
    * * *
    = glamorous, seductive, tantalising [tantalizing, -USA], beguiling, luscious, glam, seducer, smouldering [smoldering, -USA].
    Ex. Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    Ex. Many librarians are also finding that demonstrations of these automated systems provide tantalizing bait to lure the nonlibrary user to instructional sessions.
    Ex. There is a real need for beguiling stories that accurately describe what it is like to be a human being in modern China.
    Ex. This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex. Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex. With his flowing white mane, lanky agility and subdued charisma, he was an unflappably aristocratic seducer.
    Ex. We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.
    ----
    * de una manera seductora = seductively.
    * * *
    I
    - tora adjetivo
    a) ( en sentido sexual) < persona> seductive; <manera/gesto> seductive, alluring
    b) (que cautiva, fascina) enchanting, charming
    c) <idea/proposición> attractive, tempting
    II
    - tora (m) seducer; (f) seducer, seductress
    * * *
    = glamorous, seductive, tantalising [tantalizing, -USA], beguiling, luscious, glam, seducer, smouldering [smoldering, -USA].

    Ex: Service is perhaps not a very glamorous concept, but we are nevertheless a service profession = El servicio quizás no es un concepto muy atractivo, pero no obstante somos una profesión dedicada al servicio.

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    Ex: Many librarians are also finding that demonstrations of these automated systems provide tantalizing bait to lure the nonlibrary user to instructional sessions.
    Ex: There is a real need for beguiling stories that accurately describe what it is like to be a human being in modern China.
    Ex: This volume is in fact three books shuffled together under one luscious cover, unfurling as a fantasia on technique that explores, among other things, Mau's riffs on modernism.
    Ex: Ponytails are becoming glam, says the New York Times.
    Ex: With his flowing white mane, lanky agility and subdued charisma, he was an unflappably aristocratic seducer.
    Ex: We show you how to create a smouldering 40s look with a modern twist, using a home-grown cosmetic collection.
    * de una manera seductora = seductively.

    * * *
    1 (en sentido sexual) ‹persona› seductive; ‹manera/gesto› seductive, alluring
    2 (que cautiva, fascina) enchanting, charming
    3 ‹idea/proposición› attractive, tempting
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) seducer
    B ( feminine) seducer, seductress
    * * *

    seductor
    ◊ - tora adjetivo


    b) (que cautiva, fascina) enchanting, charming

    c)idea/proposición attractive, tempting

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) seducer;
    (f) seducer, seductress
    seductor,-ora
    I adjetivo
    1 (mirada, persona, etc) seductive
    2 (proyecto, idea, oferta) tempting, seductive
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino seducer
    ' seductor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    encasillar
    - seductora
    English:
    captivating
    - seducer
    - seductive
    - seductively
    - alluring
    - beguiling
    - sultry
    * * *
    seductor, -ora
    adj
    1. [atractivo] attractive, charming;
    [idea] seductive
    2. [sexualmente] seductive
    3. [persuasivo] persuasive, charming
    nm,f
    seducer
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( conquistador) seductive
    2 ( atractivo) attractive
    3 oferta tempting
    II m seducer
    * * *
    seductor, - tora adj
    1) seductivo: seductive
    2) encantador: charming, alluring
    : seducer

    Spanish-English dictionary > seductor

  • 2 seductora

    adj.
    seductive, fascinating, charming (encantador).
    f.
    1 seducer, corrupter, deceiver.
    2 seducer, charmer.
    3 seductress.
    * * *

    seductor,-ora
    I adjetivo
    1 (mirada, persona, etc) seductive
    2 (proyecto, idea, oferta) tempting, seductive
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino seducer
    ' seductora' also found in these entries:
    English:
    seductress
    - luscious
    * * *
    f seductress

    Spanish-English dictionary > seductora

  • 3 atacar con

    (v.) = urge against
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * * *

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > atacar con

  • 4 control férreo

    (n.) = iron-fisted grip, iron grip
    Ex. This is a potent means with which to sensitize students to the seductive, yet iron-fisted grip of the mass media.
    Ex. The author relates these problems and the closure of library schools to the iron grip on library education held by the Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA).
    * * *
    (n.) = iron-fisted grip, iron grip

    Ex: This is a potent means with which to sensitize students to the seductive, yet iron-fisted grip of the mass media.

    Ex: The author relates these problems and the closure of library schools to the iron grip on library education held by the Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA).

    Spanish-English dictionary > control férreo

  • 5 de modo convincente

    = cogently, unconvincingly
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    Ex. She argues - cleverly but unconvincingly - that environmental concerns can develop only out of economic comfort, & that curbing economic growth is not compatible with preserving the environment.
    * * *
    = cogently, unconvincingly

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Ex: She argues - cleverly but unconvincingly - that environmental concerns can develop only out of economic comfort, & that curbing economic growth is not compatible with preserving the environment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de modo convincente

  • 6 desde un punto de vista antropológico

    Ex. It is difficult to explain the seductive, suggestive, 'magical' power of images anthropologically.
    * * *

    Ex: It is difficult to explain the seductive, suggestive, 'magical' power of images anthropologically.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desde un punto de vista antropológico

  • 7 desmentir

    v.
    1 to deny.
    desmintió la noticia he denied the report
    2 to belie.
    3 to disprove, to give the lie to, to disavow, to belie.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HERVIR], like link=hervir hervir
    1 (negar) to deny
    2 (contradecir) to contradict, belie
    3 (desmerecer) not to live up to
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=negar) [+ acusación] to deny, refute; [+ rumor] to scotch, squelch (EEUU); [+ teoría] to refute; [+ carácter, orígenes] to belie
    2) (=llevar la contraria) [+ persona] to contradict
    2.
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to deny; < acusación> to deny, refute
    * * *
    = deny, refute, disprove.
    Ex. Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.
    Ex. The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    ----
    * desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea, dismiss + speculation.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo <noticia/rumor> to deny; < acusación> to deny, refute
    * * *
    = deny, refute, disprove.

    Ex: Borrower records may be marked so that charge-out privileges will be denied except when special permission from the librarian is given.

    Ex: The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.
    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * desmentir un rumor = scoff at + the idea, dismiss + speculation.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹noticia/rumor› to deny; ‹acusación› to deny, refute
    2 ‹persona› to contradict
    * * *

    desmentir ( conjugate desmentir) verbo transitivonoticia/rumor to deny;
    acusación to deny, refute
    desmentir verbo transitivo to deny
    ' desmentir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    deny
    - disprove
    - denial
    * * *
    1. [negar] to deny;
    desmintió la noticia he denied the report;
    el primer ministro desmintió a su portavoz the prime minister contradicted his spokesperson
    2. [desmerecer] to be unworthy of
    * * *
    v/t
    1 acusación deny
    2 a alguien contradict
    * * *
    desmentir {76} vt
    1) negar: to deny, to refute
    2) contradecir: to contradict
    * * *
    desmentir vb (negar) to deny [pt. & pp. denied]

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmentir

  • 8 encontrar simpatizadores

    (v.) = find + friends
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * * *
    (v.) = find + friends

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > encontrar simpatizadores

  • 9 hacer objeciones contra

    (v.) = urge against
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * * *

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > hacer objeciones contra

  • 10 mantener vigente

    (v.) = keep + alive
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + alive

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener vigente

  • 11 mantener vivo

    v.
    to keep alive, to keep from obsolescence, to bring through.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + alive, maintain + momentum, keep + Nombre + going
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    Ex. Subsequent activities by a mobile information team are maintaining the momentum of the project.
    Ex. The author explains how libraries can keep their services going without being slaves to the job.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep + alive, maintain + momentum, keep + Nombre + going

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Ex: Subsequent activities by a mobile information team are maintaining the momentum of the project.
    Ex: The author explains how libraries can keep their services going without being slaves to the job.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener vivo

  • 12 poder mágico

    (n.) = magical power, magic power
    Ex. It is difficult to explain the seductive, suggestive, ' magical' power of images anthropologically.
    Ex. By the magic power of art, lead and mud have been turned into gold.
    * * *
    (n.) = magical power, magic power

    Ex: It is difficult to explain the seductive, suggestive, ' magical' power of images anthropologically.

    Ex: By the magic power of art, lead and mud have been turned into gold.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poder mágico

  • 13 refutar

    v.
    to refute.
    * * *
    1 to refute, disprove
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to refute
    * * *
    = disprove, refute, contest, rebut.
    Ex. It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.
    Ex. The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.
    Ex. Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
    Ex. This article compares CD-ROM and online systems, rebutting negative attitudes to CD-ROMs.
    ----
    * refutar una alegación = refute + allegation.
    * refutar una idea = quarrel with + notion.
    * refutar un caso = state + case against.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to refute
    * * *
    = disprove, refute, contest, rebut.

    Ex: It is the ideology which was urged against Panizzi and was cogently disproved by him before the Royal Commission but whose seductive simplicity has always found friends to keep it alive.

    Ex: The title, 'The Catalog in the World Around It,' suggests that the catalog is an abstract; I would like to refute that suggestion in the beginning.
    Ex: Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
    Ex: This article compares CD-ROM and online systems, rebutting negative attitudes to CD-ROMs.
    * refutar una alegación = refute + allegation.
    * refutar una idea = quarrel with + notion.
    * refutar un caso = state + case against.

    * * *
    refutar [A1 ]
    vt
    to refute
    * * *

    refutar verbo transitivo to refute
    ' refutar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impugnar
    English:
    contest
    - disprove
    - refute
    - counter
    * * *
    to refute
    * * *
    v/t refute
    * * *
    : to refute

    Spanish-English dictionary > refutar

  • 14 seductivo

    adj.
    seductive, apt to mislead; corruptful.
    * * *
    ADJ = seductor 1.
    * * *
    seductivo, -va adj
    : seductive

    Spanish-English dictionary > seductivo

  • 15 ojos seductores

    m.pl.
    1 seductive eyes, bedroom eyes.
    2 seductive eyes, bedroom eyes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ojos seductores

  • 16 castigador

    adj.
    punishing, castigatory, chastising.
    m.
    punisher, chastiser, sanctioner, castigator.
    * * *
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar (hombre) ladies' man; (mujer) man-eater
    * * *
    castigador, -a
    SM / F ladykiller/seductress
    * * *
    Ex. He was a lady-killer -- tall, dark-haired, handsome in his army officer's uniform.
    * * *

    Ex: He was a lady-killer -- tall, dark-haired, handsome in his army officer's uniform.

    * * *
    castigador, -ora Fam
    adj
    seductive
    nm,f
    lady-killer, f man-eater

    Spanish-English dictionary > castigador

  • 17 seducción

    f.
    seduction, fascination, persuasion, luring.
    * * *
    1 seduction
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=acción) seduction
    2) (=encanto) seductiveness
    * * *
    femenino seduction
    * * *
    = seduction, enticement.
    Ex. User training librarians must adopt a state of mind that resists the seduction of electronic information technology.
    Ex. The current concerns about enticement of young and vulnerable people into abusive relationships and damaging behaviours cannot be overlooked.
    * * *
    femenino seduction
    * * *
    = seduction, enticement.

    Ex: User training librarians must adopt a state of mind that resists the seduction of electronic information technology.

    Ex: The current concerns about enticement of young and vulnerable people into abusive relationships and damaging behaviours cannot be overlooked.

    * * *
    seduction
    el arte de la seducción the art of seduction
    la seducción de sus palabras the allure o seductiveness of his words
    * * *

    seducción sustantivo femenino
    seduction
    seducción sustantivo femenino seduction
    poder de seducción, seductive power
    ' seducción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hechizo
    - magnetismo
    English:
    seduction
    * * *
    1. [cualidad] seductiveness
    2. [atracción] attraction, charm;
    [sexual] seduction
    * * *
    f
    1 ( enamoramiento) seduction
    2 ( atracción) attraction
    * * *
    seducción nf, pl - ciones : seduction

    Spanish-English dictionary > seducción

  • 18 sensualidad

    f.
    1 sensuality.
    2 sensuousness, sensuocity.
    * * *
    1 (de los sentidos) sensuousness, sensuality
    2 (del sexo) sensuality
    * * *
    SF sensuality, sensuousness
    * * *
    femenino (de boca, gesto) sensuality; ( de descripción) sensuousness

    la sensualidad con la que bailabathe sensual o sensuous way in which she danced

    * * *
    Ex. Her latest novel, Gazelle, centers on sensuality and sexuality, war games and chess, and the ancient sciences of perfumery and mummification.
    * * *
    femenino (de boca, gesto) sensuality; ( de descripción) sensuousness

    la sensualidad con la que bailabathe sensual o sensuous way in which she danced

    * * *

    Ex: Her latest novel, Gazelle, centers on sensuality and sexuality, war games and chess, and the ancient sciences of perfumery and mummification.

    * * *
    sensuality
    las páginas de la novela destilaban sensualidad the pages of the novel exuded sensuality
    la seductora sensualidad de sus descripciones the seductive sensuousness of his descriptions
    la sensualidad con la que bailaba the sensual o sensuous way in which she danced
    * * *

    sensualidad sustantivo femenino (de boca, gesto) sensuality;
    ( de descripción) sensuousness
    sensualidad sustantivo femenino sensuality
    ' sensualidad' also found in these entries:
    English:
    sensuality
    - sensuousness
    - voluptuousness
    * * *
    sensuality;
    la sensualidad de una mirada/un baile the sensuality of a look/a dance
    * * *
    f sensuality
    * * *
    : sensuality

    Spanish-English dictionary > sensualidad

  • 19 sugerente

    adj.
    1 evocative.
    2 suggestive, insinuative, insinuating.
    * * *
    1 suggestive
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=lleno de ideas) [exposición, obra] thought-provoking; [lenguaje] evocative
    2) (=seductor) [mirada, gesto, voz] suggestive; [ropa, iluminación] seductive

    con el sugerente título de "Pasión tropical" — with the suggestive title of "Pasión tropical"

    * * *
    adjetivo <mirada/pose> suggestive; <vestido/blusa> sexy
    * * *
    = suggestive, atmospheric.
    Ex. The combination of optical projection and photographic reduction is already producing some results in microfilm for scholarly purposes, and the potentialities are highly suggestive.
    Ex. The music is very atmospheric and the melody is beautiful.
    ----
    * ser sugerente = suggestive.
    * * *
    adjetivo <mirada/pose> suggestive; <vestido/blusa> sexy
    * * *
    = suggestive, atmospheric.

    Ex: The combination of optical projection and photographic reduction is already producing some results in microfilm for scholarly purposes, and the potentialities are highly suggestive.

    Ex: The music is very atmospheric and the melody is beautiful.
    * ser sugerente = suggestive.

    * * *
    ‹mirada/pose› suggestive
    una blusa sugerente a revealing blouse
    * * *

    sugerente adjetivo ‹mirada/pose suggestive;
    vestido/blusa sexy
    sugerente adjetivo suggestive
    ' sugerente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    llamativa
    - llamativo
    English:
    suggestive
    * * *
    1. [evocador] evocative
    2. [atractivo] attractive

    Spanish-English dictionary > sugerente

  • 20 conquistador

    adj.
    winning.
    m.
    conqueror, winner, conquerer, conquistador.
    * * *
    1 conquering
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 conqueror
    1 (de América) conquistador
    2 familiar figurado (galán) lady-killer
    ————————
    1 (de América) conquistador
    2 familiar figurado (galán) lady-killer
    * * *
    conquistador, -a
    1.
    2.
    SM / F conqueror
    3. SM
    1) ( Hist) conquistador
    2) * (=seductor) ladykiller
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo
    a) < ejército> conquering
    b) (fam) < persona>
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Hist) conqueror; ( en la conquista de América) conquistador
    b) (fam) ( en el amor) (m) lady-killer; (f) femme fatale
    •• Cultural note:
    The collective term for the succession of explorers, soldiers and adventurers who, from the sixteenth century onward led the settlement and exploitation of Spain's Latin American colonies. Among the best known are Hernán Cortés (Mexico), Hernando de Soto (Florida, Nicaragua), the Pizarro brothers (Panama, Peru, Ecuador), Diego de Almagro (Peru, Chile) and Pedro de Valdivia (Chile)
    * * *
    I
    - dora adjetivo
    a) < ejército> conquering
    b) (fam) < persona>
    II
    - dora masculino, femenino
    a) (Hist) conqueror; ( en la conquista de América) conquistador
    b) (fam) ( en el amor) (m) lady-killer; (f) femme fatale
    •• Cultural note:
    The collective term for the succession of explorers, soldiers and adventurers who, from the sixteenth century onward led the settlement and exploitation of Spain's Latin American colonies. Among the best known are Hernán Cortés (Mexico), Hernando de Soto (Florida, Nicaragua), the Pizarro brothers (Panama, Peru, Ecuador), Diego de Almagro (Peru, Chile) and Pedro de Valdivia (Chile)
    * * *
    conquistador1

    Ex: Gradually many of these conquerors came to realize that, although military might was necessary to gain control over an area, sheer force of arms was not sufficient to govern effectively.

    conquistador2
    2 = lady-killer, playboy.

    Ex: He was a lady-killer -- tall, dark-haired, handsome in his army officer's uniform.

    Ex: Serial swindler Kenneth Broad was this afternoon jailed for 15 months bringing to an end a playboy lifestyle lived at other people's expense.

    * * *
    1 ‹ejército› conquering
    2 ( fam) ‹persona›
    tuvo su época de mujer conquistadora she was quite a femme fatale in her time
    se creía de lo más conquistador he fancied himself (as) a real ladykiller o Don Juan
    3 ( RPl) ‹personalidad/niño› captivating
    conquistador2 - dora Conquistadores (↑ conquistador a1)
    masculine, feminine
    1 ( Hist) conqueror; (en la conquista de América) conquistador
    2 ( fam) (en el amor) ( masculine) lady-killer, Don Juan; ( feminine) femme fatale
    * * *

    conquistador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo ‹ ejército conquering

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) (Hist) conqueror;

    ( en la conquista de América) conquistador
    b) (fam) ( en el amor) (m) lady-killer;

    (f) femme fatale
    conquistador,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 Mil conqueror
    2 (persona que enamora) (mujer) femme fatale, (hombre) Don Juan, Casanova: ¡con esos ojos debes ser un verdadero conquistador! with eyes like those, you must be a real Don Juan!
    ' conquistador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    conquistadora
    English:
    conqueror
    - playboy
    * * *
    conquistador, -ora
    adj
    1. [ejército] conquering
    2. [seductor] seductive;
    tiene fama de conquistador he's got a reputation as a Casanova o a lady-killer
    nm,f
    [de tierras] conqueror; Hist [en América] conquistador
    nm
    [seductor] Casanova, lady-killer
    * * *
    I adj conquering
    II m, conquistadora f conqueror
    III m HIST conquistador
    * * *
    : conquering
    : conqueror

    Spanish-English dictionary > conquistador

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  • seductive — index attractive, provocative, suggestive (risqué) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • seductive — (adj.) 1760s, from L. seduct , pp. stem of seducere (see SEDUCE (Cf. seduce)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Seductively; seductiveness …   Etymology dictionary

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  • seductive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ tempting and attractive. DERIVATIVES seductively adverb seductiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • seductive — [si duk′tiv] adj. [< L seductus, pp. of seducere (see SEDUCE) + IVE] tending to seduce, or lead astray; tempting; enticing seductively adv. seductiveness n …   English World dictionary

  • seductive — [[t]sɪdʌ̱ktɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is seductive is very attractive or makes you want to do something that you would not otherwise do. It s a seductive argument. Derived words: seductively ADV GRADED usu ADV adj, also ADV with v… …   English dictionary

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  • seductive — adjective 1 someone who is seductive is sexually attractive: She had a low, seductive voice. 2 something that is seductive is very interesting or attractive to you, in a way that persuades you to do something you would not usually do: the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • seductive — se|duc|tive [ sı dʌktıv ] adjective 1. ) sexually attractive: Greg s voice was smoky and seductive. a seductive dress 2. ) attractive and likely to persuade you to do something that may be harmful or wrong: The arguments seem seductive at first.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • seductive — UK [sɪˈdʌktɪv] / US adjective 1) sexually attractive Greg s voice was smoky and seductive. a seductive dress 2) attractive and likely to persuade you to do something that may be harmful or wrong The arguments seem seductive at first. Derived word …   English dictionary

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