tempting
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tempting
- /ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/ US
adjective more tempting · most tempting
- Attractive, appealing, enticing. It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
- Seductive, alluring, inviting.
Similar: slinky
verb
- present participle and gerund of tempt
noun temptings
- The act of subjecting somebody to temptation. If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: inviting, alluring, enticing, seductive, tantalizing, beguiling, attractive, appealing, trying, striving, attempted, tried, seeking, gaining, lucrative, attempting
adjective
Similar: slinky
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adj attractive, appealing, enticing
| Español | tentador |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 有吸引力的 xīyǐnlì, 吸引人的 xīyǐn |
| हिन्दी | लोभन lobhan |
| Português | tentador |
| Français | tentant |
| Deutsch | verführerisch, verlockend, attraktiv |
| Italiano | tentatore |
| Ελληνικά | δελεαστικός deleastikós |
| Română | tentant |
| Русский | соблазни́тельный soblaznítelʹnyj, привлека́тельный privlekátelʹnyj |
adj seductive, alluring, inviting
| Español | tentador |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 誘人 /诱人的 yòurén, 誘惑 /诱惑的 yòuhuò |
| हिन्दी | लोभन lobhan, आकर्षक ākarṣak |
| Português | tentador |
| Deutsch | verführerisch, verlockend, einladend, reizend |
| Română | tentant |
| Русский | соблазни́тельный soblaznítelʹnyj, маня́щий manjáščij, привлека́тельный privlekátelʹnyj |
Talk about this word "tempting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tempting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tempting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tempting "tempting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tempting.Cite this
@misc{tempting_2026,
title = {tempting},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tempting},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
