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TEMPTRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temptress mean?
• TEMPTRESS (noun)
The noun TEMPTRESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Familiarity information: TEMPTRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Delilah; enchantress; femme fatale; siren; temptress
Hypernyms ("temptress" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
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