seduced

Won over cunningly

Seduced is the past tense of seduce, meaning to lead someone into sexual activity through charm or persuasion: He seduced her with promises he never intended to keep.

More broadly, to seduce is to entice someone away from duty or principle: seduced by the lure of easy money, seduced into betraying her country.

The word implies yielding to temptation rather than force.

temptation

enticed

Drew toward with appeal

trap · snare · forbidden · indulgence · craving · weakness · succumbed · yielded · sin · vice

persuasion

convinced

Firmly believing something

coaxed · manipulated · cajoled · charmed · flattered · smooth-talked · sweet-talked · beguiled · deceived · misled

allure

charm

Attractive personal quality

fascination · glamour · appeal · charisma · bewitchment · spellbound · mesmerized · hypnotized · entranced · beguiled

romance

courtship

Seeking another's romantic favor

infatuation · desire · intimacy · liaison · tryst · amour · ardor · longing · yearning · conquest

Categories
Opposites
attraction/persuasion method

seducedcoerced

Pressured into compliance

forced · compelled · raped · intimidated · bullied

emotional/sexual state

seducedrepelled

Drove away forcefully

rebuffed · resisted · refused · rejected · spurned

agency/initiative

seducedseducer

One who lures romantically

seducing · pursued · chased · initiated · wooed

Phrases
Family

seductive, seduce, seduction, seducer, seductress, seducing, seductively, seduces, seductiveness

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