as in siren
a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive
an actress who was often cast as cynical, sexy femmes fatales
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Recent Examples of femme fatale
Isabella Rossellini plays a lounge-singing femme fatale while Dennis Hopper had a career resurgence with one of his most memorable roles as a sadistic, gas-huffing gangster.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
The footage captured by the NatGeo crew includes a hair-raising segment where this femme fatale opts not to wait for her prey to come to her.
—Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
She was painted as a villainous femme fatale, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
This bumper would feature femme fatale-type movies from Lionsgate, including the Kill Bill movie franchise and Haywire.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
The footage captured by the NatGeo crew includes a hair-raising segment where this femme fatale opts not to wait for her prey to come to her.
—Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
She was painted as a villainous femme fatale, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
This bumper would feature femme fatale-type movies from Lionsgate, including the Kill Bill movie franchise and Haywire.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for femme fatale
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Video of the Russian strike and its aftermath showed mangled and bloodied bodies lying motionless, burning cars and debris covering the road, as screams and sirens wailed in the background.—
Justin Porter,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Emergency sirens can be heard as people run in panic, while others can be seen lying on the ground.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Femme fatale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/femme%20fatale. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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