tempting

Speech parts

1. tempting - Noun

2. tempting - Adjective

3. tempting - Verb

5. tempting - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Tempt

Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

alluring enticing tantalizing beguiling tantalising foxy winsome taking magnetic winning beautiful interesting attractive sweet desirable
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Antonyms

dowdy gaudy poor ordinary offensive rough
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Phrases with the word

least tempting tempting offer

Examples

At the beginning of a decade it is tempting to look ahead for the next ten years. Lawrence Klein

Metaphysical principles are tempting shortcuts but not reliable guides. There are good reasons why things often seem to happen for reasons-and also reasons why that's not a bedrock principle. Sean M. Carroll

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin

Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. Margaret Atwood

Indeed, it is tempting to suppose that it is self evident that things should be so arranged so as to lead to the most good. John Rawls

The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

temptator tempter temptful tempting offer temptingly temptingness