fatal beauty
Dangerous attractive quality
Fatal beauty describes allure that leads to destruction—a person, thing, or quality so captivating it proves ruinous to those who encounter it.
The phrase echoes the femme fatale tradition: Her fatal beauty had claimed another victim.
It can also describe dangerous places or objects whose appeal masks peril: the fatal beauty of the ice-covered peaks.
- femme fataleTreacherous enchantress
- black widowLethal spider species
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- kiss of deathUltimately ruinous act
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
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