seductive

Adjective

Meaning

Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer.

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Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view. David Brin

Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession. Georg Simmel

I realize now how lucky I was, in the total absence of role models, to have only men to rebel against. Today's women students are meeting their oppressors in dangerously seductive new form, as successful congenial female professors who view themselves as victims of a rigid foreign ideology. Camille Paglia

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous. Victoria of the United Kingdom

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that there is this sort of seductive quality in all the hedonistic pleasures that pull on us. Bell hooks

He tried to learn seductive phrases in all languages, but the only Swedish he had ever really needed was, "Do you serve anything aside from pickled fish?" and "If you wrap me in furs, I can pretend to be your little fuzzy bear. Cassandra Clare

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