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[ temp-tris ] / ˈtɛmp trɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR temptress ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna woman who tempts, entices, or allures. Origin of temptressFirst recorded in 1585–95; tempt(e)r + -ess usage note for temptressSee -ess. Words nearby temptresstempt, temptation, tempter, tempt fate, tempting, temptress, tempura, tempus edax rerum, tempus fugit, Tempyō, Temuco Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for temptressKelley has been aggressively fighting the stereotype of the social gadfly and temptress. Petraeus Affair Stereotypes: The General, The Flirt And The Harlot|Robin Givhan|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST While she is pretty, she does not dress the part of the temptress. Petraeus Affair Stereotypes: The General, The Flirt And The Harlot|Robin Givhan|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST After that in many ways he was still pursued, and ever his reply was “Go your ways, temptress!” The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe Then you are nothing, less than nothing; you are the temptress, the mistress! Possessed|Cleveland Moffett
Mr. Groom was young, and the temptress, if younger, was skilled in wiles. A Little Bush Maid|Mary Grant Bruce I believe, further, that every man has his own tempter or temptress. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 9: Cuyler to Van Dyke|Various Maria presented him to Noemi, and he blushed again on recognising the woman he had mistaken for Benedetto's temptress. The Saint|Antonio Fogazzaro
British Dictionary definitions for temptress
nouna woman who sets out to allure or seduce a man or men; seductress Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to temptresssiren, seductress, sorceress, enchantress, delilah, lorelei, mermaid |