siren

noun

ˈsī-rən How to pronounce siren (audio)
Definition of sirennext
as in temptress
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive a siren who could captivate any audience

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Recent Examples of siren The living room and bedrooms faced 96th, a crosstown corridor over which ambulances and police cars sped day and night, their sirens howling. — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 This Best Buy set is great for small homes, with a quartet of entry sensors, a precise motion sensor, and a home hub with a loud 100 dB siren in case of intrusion. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Outside Sacai’s spring 2027 show, Bryant teamed an office siren ensemble with a minimal, no-makeup makeup face. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for siren
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siren
  1. temptress
  2. seducer
  3. vamp
  4. seductress
  5. femme fatale
Noun
  • Harris, 53, will play the devilish Applegate, while Hough, 38, will take on the role of his temptress Lola.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Charlize Theron, who takes on the role of the temptress nymph Calypso, has leaned toward the seductive, wearing Tom Ford short-shorts on one carpet and a black Givenchy dress with a thigh-high slit on another.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of temptress
Noun
  • Stoker’s Frankensteined creation was born from the history of the Anglo-literary vampire that begins with Polidori’s Ruthven, the first aristocratic, Byronesque and demonic seducer.
    — Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of seducer
Noun
  • The shoes featured a wider toe strap over the vamp with slimmer straps that crisscrossed over the top of the foot and connected at the center.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Recognized for its extended vamp (that is, the upper portion of the shoe), this style lives at the intersection of a ballerina, a loafer, and a mule.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of vamp
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  • Dumas’ sinister seductress Milady is now a British spy helping the Nazis.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The innocent girl turned jaded seductress, peeling off her sheer black lingerie to pose for the camera.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of seductress
Noun
  • Gilpin makes the perfect femme fatale for the show’s loose riff on a noir.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In Lowen’s overactive imagination, Hathaway plays a Hitchcockian femme fatale always wearing her signature color, red.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of femme fatale

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“Siren.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siren. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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