seductive
/sɪˈdʌktɪv/
US pronunciation
American sound/sɪˈdʌktɪv/
sɪˈdʌktɪv
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
sɪ - ˈdʌktɪv -> seductive
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- ‘Some designers have gone further by experimenting with sheer fabrics to add a seductive appeal.’
- ‘These are rich, seductive, deeply sympathetic images aimed to counter tabloid stereotypes.’
- ‘The results are seductive and powerful and all the more dangerous as a consequence.’
- ‘The latter have been seduced by big business with seductive talk of ‘saving the planet’.’
- ‘I spent time writing a song that was designed to be for a techno beat and the lyrics were tantalizing and seductive.’
- ‘His voice dropped to a seductive whisper and Dawn felt it all the way to her toes.’
- ‘They have a beauty all their own, a seductive, sexy, sinuous swiftness that puts everything else in the sea to shame.’
- ‘It has a seductive scent and nourishes skin without making it sticky.’
- ‘It seems to be more talked about now, and minds are opening to the effectiveness of seductive selling.’
- ‘This is seductive as sentiment but far from persuasive as argument.’
- ‘Awesome and seductive, they undo the myth that contemporary art is unintelligible to all but the initiated.’
- ‘I can understand how seductive the idea is for someone who is less fortunate.’
- ‘The combination of light and colour produces a seductive landscape that humanity has fashioned for its own ends.’
- ‘With enough seductive advertising, you could convince many people that night is day.’
- ‘Our modern capitalist world makes it all the more seductive to shirk the responsibility of cooking.’
- ‘Visions of Shanghai and Singapore provide seductive images and useful rhetoric.’
- ‘The idea of superiority is the most seductive notion ever visited upon the human life.’
- ‘Your sculpted physique and mastery of seductive poetry is simply overwhelming.’
- ‘The gesture was entirely practical, yet it was also deeply seductive.’
- ‘This line of argument is comforting and seductive, but not convincing.’
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