TEMPTING

tantalizing, tantalising, tempting

(adjective) very pleasantly inviting; “a tantalizing aroma”; “a tempting repast”

alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting

(adjective) highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; “an alluring prospect”; “her alluring smile”; “the voice was low and beguiling”; “difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement”; “a tempting invitation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

tempting (comparative more tempting, superlative most tempting)

Attractive, appealing, enticing.

Seductive, alluring, inviting.

Verb

tempting

present participle of tempt

Noun

tempting (plural 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?

Source: Wiktionary


Tempt"ing, a.

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

– Tempt"ing*ly, adv.

– Tempt"ing*ness, n.

TEMPT

Tempt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tempting.] Etym: [OE. tempten, tenten, from OF. tempter, tenter, F. tenter, fr. L. tentare, temptare, to handle, feel, attack, to try, put to the test, urge, freq. from tendere, tentum, and tensum, to stretch. See Thin, and cf. Attempt, Tend, Taunt, Tent a pavilion, Tent to probe.]

1. To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try. God did tempt Abraham. Gen. xxii. 1. Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 16.

2. To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce. Every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. James i. 14.

3. To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate. Tempt not the brave and needy to despair. Dryden. Nor tempt the wrath of heaven's avenging Sire. Pope.

4. To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt. Ere leave be given to tempt the nether skies. Dryden.

Syn.

– To entice; allure; attract; decoy; seduce.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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