seduceverb
uk/sɪˈdʒuːs/us/səˈduːs/C2 [ T ] to make someone feel attracted to you and want to have sex with you, often someone younger or less experienced:
He felt that she was trying to seduce him.
C2 [ T usually passive, T ] to persuade or cause someone to do something that they would not usually consider doing by being very attractive and difficult to refuse:
I wouldn't normally stay in a hotel like this, but I was seduced by the fabulous location.
They were seduced into buying the washing machine by the offer of a free flight.
[ T usually passive, T ] If you are seduced by something, you like it because it seems attractive:
Almost every visitor to Edinburgh is seduced by its splendid architecture.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- arrest
- attract
- attraction
- charm
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- counterattraction
- crowd-puller
- cute
- glitter
- magnet
- pull
- pulling power
- reel
- reel sb/sth in
- seduction
- seductive
- spell
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