to seduce

Examples

• All

• So we're so seduced by success at any costs that we forget.

• Yellow Calf, time and again, allows himself to be seduced by the white world.

  Academic text (1994)

• This is where you seduce people into thinking that your designs are a good idea.

• And all too often, I think organizations become seduced by what I call the measures of performance.

• We are born into perfection and then we are seduced into average.

• As one international civil servant said, the United Nations was "seduced and then abandoned" by the United States.

  Academic text (1996)

• Good people often become seduced by the chatter.

• You must not be seduced by these little crumbs that they try and throw at you.

• An intelligent soul can't help but be seduced by such a promise.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The advertisement aimed to seduce customers with promises of luxury and comfort.

Synonyms

C

to convince

vsto seduce

∞ 2.7

Make someone believe something is true or agree to do something

instead encourages abandonment of duty by appealing to desire rather than to belief or reason

U

to urge

vsto seduce

591 3.2

To strongly encourage someone to do something

tries to make someone abandon duty by offering tempting rewards rather than strong advice

P

to persuade

vsto seduce

472 2.7

To make someone agree or do something by giving reasons

pushes someone toward abandoning principles through attractive offers rather than logical reasons

H

to hook

vsto seduce

330 4.6

To attract someone and make them want to be involved, sometimes by a trick

draws someone into abandoning principles by offering tempting involvement rather than mere interest

L

to lure

vsto seduce

270 3.7

To get someone to do something by offering a reward or making false promises

aims to get someone to abandon principles through enticing offers rather than mere location or promise

T

to tempt

vsto seduce

146 3.3

Try to make someone want to do something, often something wrong or unwise

persuades someone to abandon duty or principles by offering something attractive

E

to entice

vsto seduce

61 4.9

To persuade someone to do something by offering something they want

focuses on causing moral or duty abandonment by offering tempting rewards rather than simple appeal

C

to coax

vsto seduce

54 4.1

To gently persuade someone by being kind and patient

uses attractive offers to cause abandonment of duty rather than gentle patient urging

I

to induce

vsto seduce

51 4.9

Persuade someone to do something

specifically persuades someone to abandon duty by offering an attractive temptation

C

to cajole

vsto seduce

15 7.7

To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise

relies on tempting attractions to induce abandonment of principles rather than flattery

S

to solicit

vsto seduce

• NSFW

7 7.7

Urge someone to do something illegal

uses tempting offers to make someone abandon duty rather than direct urging

A

to allure

vsto seduce

6 6.5

To attract someone by using charm

applies that attraction to causing abandonment of duty through temptation rather than neutral appeal

T

to tantalize

vsto seduce

6 7.4

To show something nice to someone and keep it just out of reach

presses someone toward abandoning duty by making temptations seem reachable rather than distant

B

to beguile

vsto seduce

4 8.4

To attract and charm someone while tricking them

seeks to produce abandonment of duty by charming with attractive offers rather than plain charm

D

to demoralize

vsto seduce

• Formal

1 7.5

To make someone lose their sense of right and wrong

targets abandoning duty or proper behaviour through attractive temptation rather than general weakening

Antonyms

D

to dissuade

35 6.0

To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them

Phrasal Verbs

S

to seduce an audience

1 6.7

Make an audience like you and pay close attention

How Persuasive

to corrupt

125 4.5

to seduce

53 5.9

to tempt

146 3.3

to entice

61 4.9

Surface Forms

Etymology