temptress


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Synonyms for temptress

a usually unscrupulous woman who seduces or exploits men

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Synonyms for temptress

a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

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Temptress goes at Pontefract today, with Roger <B Charlton's filly looking to have strong claims in the Weatherbys VAT Services Pipalong Stakes
There is plenty more where that came from and Temptress is fancied to defy a 7lb rise in the weights.
"Karen Abbott's Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, a historical account of four women fighting their own battles their own way during the Civil War, is full of so many titillating dramas and details, you could be forgiven for periodically checking the back of the book to make sure it's nonfiction you're reading and not a historical romance or a made-for-TV bodice-ripper.
She plays a temptress in her next film, Jackpot , which also stars Naseeruddin Shah
From hens to jakes, set up the ultimate decoy ploy and choose from Sweet Sally, Jimmy Jake, Hottie Hen, The Temptress, Sneaky Pete, Jezabelle and Woody, or purchase them all for the ultimate deception this spring.
She is from Florida, and so are the four friends in The Temptress Four, who decide to go on a cruise to celebrate their graduation from high school.
He gets back together with temptress Jo and promises to leave childhood sweetheart Katie.
The temptress seduces peasant soldier Don Jose and he joins her band of smugglers.
Reading about the sexploits of temptress Atia and her winsome daughter Octavia would have encouraged quite a few teenage boys to keep the subject up that little bit longer.
A Warner Home Video release of "The Temptress" (1926), "Flesh and the Devil" (1927), "The Mysterious Lady" (1928), "Anna Christie" (1930), "Mata Hari" (1931), "Grand Hotel" (1932), "Queen Christina" (1933), "Anna Karenina" (1935), "Camille" (1936), "Ninotchka" (1939) and "Garbo" (2005).
As the Belly Dancer, Wender is both entertainer and private fantasy, a shameless temptress and a kind of sexual meditation.
And there was Dr Gwyn Prosser (Eryl Huw Phillips) who left Pobol under a dark cloud, accused of raping Pobol temptress Lisa.
Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone, in her first film), who is called "the little temptress" by one of the nuns at the institution, is particularly stunning.