as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
in the movie she played Cleopatra, one of history's most famous seductresses
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The two women seem to swap personalities: Millie becomes the concerned caretaker, and Pinky’s injuries turn her into the cheeky seductress Millie pretends to be.
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Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 15 July 2024
Her beauty, she is told — by a small but surprising character played by Gary Oldman — will open doors and start wars, and neither Della Porta nor Sorrentino shy away from presenting Parthenope as a carefree seductress who revels in her youth.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
The The Idea of You star transformed herself into a sleek seductress with a faux pompadour pixie hairstyle and deep, dark vampy lipstick and eye shadow to match.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Mar. 2024
Other than her mermaid-red hair, there’s little trace of the hokey seductress of yore; this Ivy is a nerdy, misanthropic loner with a dry monotone and a penchant for preaching about injustice—Plant Daria, complete with the green jacket.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 15 July 2024
Her beauty, she is told — by a small but surprising character played by Gary Oldman — will open doors and start wars, and neither Della Porta nor Sorrentino shy away from presenting Parthenope as a carefree seductress who revels in her youth.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024
The The Idea of You star transformed herself into a sleek seductress with a faux pompadour pixie hairstyle and deep, dark vampy lipstick and eye shadow to match.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 25 Mar. 2024
Other than her mermaid-red hair, there’s little trace of the hokey seductress of yore; this Ivy is a nerdy, misanthropic loner with a dry monotone and a penchant for preaching about injustice—Plant Daria, complete with the green jacket.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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