femme fatale
/ˌfam fəˈtɑːl
/noun (plural femmes fatales pronounced same)
An attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately cause distress to a man who becomes involved with her: a femme fatale who plays one man off against another in pursuit of money...
- Elijah expected a beautiful mirage of glittering, ethereal beauty, the ultimate femme fatale, but now he knew not what to think.
- She is the femme fatale whose seductive voice, glamorous hair, and voluptuous body Rita Hayworth lent to the screen in 1946.
- Yet to many observers these are the femmes fatales of the markets - seductive but essentially destructive temptresses.
Origin
Early 20th century: French, literally 'disastrous woman'.
Rhymes
- non-content
- non-contentious
- non-contingent
- noncontradiction
- noncontradictory
- non-contributory
- non-controversial
- non-conviction
- non-cooperate
- non-cooperating
- non-cooperation
- non-cooperative
- non-cooperator
- noncore
- non-correspondence
- non-corridor
- non-corrosive
- non-count
- non-countable
- non-county
- non-covalent
- non-covalently
- non-creativity
- non-credibility
- non-crossover