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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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
See All Example Sentences for femme fatale
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“Femme fatale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/femme%20fatale. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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