seducing
present participle ofseduce
seduce
verb
uk/sɪˈdʒuːs/us/səˈduːs/C2[T]
to make someonefeelattractedto you andwantto havesexwith you, often someoneyoungeror lessexperienced:
Hefeltthat she wastryingto seduce him.
C2[Tusually passive,T]
topersuadeorcausesomeone to do something that they would not usuallyconsiderdoing by being veryattractiveanddifficulttorefuse:
I wouldn'tnormallystayin ahotellike this, but I was seduced by thefabulouslocation.
They were seducedintobuyingthewashingmachineby theofferof afreeflight.
to draw your attention and interest you
- attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés.
- drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000.
- enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop.
- lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread.
- temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone.
- seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price.
[Tusually passive,T]
If you are seduced by something, you like it because itseemsattractive:
Almost everyvisitorto Edinburgh is seduced byitssplendidarchitecture.
Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- alluringly
- arrest
- attract
- charisma
- charm offensive
- charm the pants offsomeoneidiom
- chum
- clickbait
- honey trap
- incentive
- jump out atsomeone
- lure
- magnetism
- modesty
- temptingly
- tickle
- ticklesomeone'sfancyidiom
- va-va-voom
Examplesofseducing
seducing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
To conform to the rules of the genre, the image had to be 'inviting but notseducing, affectionate but not passionate, revealing by suggestion while concealing in fact'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But we specialists with our psychological knowledge know perfectly well that even theseducingchild runs a risk, of being damaged and traumatized.
From
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment