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[ temp-ting ] / ˈtɛmp tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tempting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivethat tempts; enticing or inviting. Origin of temptingFirst recorded in 1540–50; tempt + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR temptingattractive, alluring, seductive. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tempting ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR temptingrepellent. SEE ANTONYMS FOR tempting ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM temptingtempt·ing·ly, adverbtempt·ing·ness, nounun·tempt·ing, adjectiveun·tempt·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby temptingtemps lié, tempt, temptation, tempter, tempt fate, tempting, temptress, tempura, tempus edax rerum, tempus fugit, Tempyō Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for temptingAt first glance, it might be tempting to interpret this extravagant level of compensation as a victory for the once-humble intern. Silicon Valley Interns Make a Service Worker’s Yearly Salary In Three Months|Samantha Allen|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It would be tempting, at this point, to say that the Internet will corrode religious authority and usher in the Great Secular Age. God vs. the Internet. And the Winner is…|Michael Schulson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is tempting to think that Posada would be proud of how far his calavera images have traveled. New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead|Jason Berry|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is tempting for gay-rights advocates to imagine that a national majority is the same as a national consensus. Red America’s Anti-Gay Backlash|Jonathan Rauch|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The column looked so tempting, like the David Brooks pieces I enjoy so much. Smoke ‘Em If You Got A Good Story About ‘Em|Kevin Bleyer|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST At intervals, tempting cross-roads branched away to mountain springs. Bransford of Rainbow Range|Eugene Manlove Rhodes The open pantry door revealed a tempting array of Christmas delicacies. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901|Lucy Maud Montgomery Now it is not a tempting abode; but there are two good rooms, and I am glad I have seen it.' Cornish Worthies, Volume 2 (of 2)|Walter H. Tregellas In an instant a huge albatross pounced down on the tempting bait, and was hooked. Peter Trawl|W. H. G. Kingston Oh, Catherine, give me some tea; and never did I see anything so tempting as that armchair.' Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for tempting
adjectiveattractive or invitinga tempting meal Derived forms of temptingtemptingly, adverbtemptingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to temptingenticing, intriguing, fascinating, tantalizing, attractive, appetizing, heavenly, seductive, fetching, charming, luring, provoking, rousing, divine, magnetic, mouth-watering, scrumptious, yummy |