TEMPTING: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'tempting
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| Matching Terms: | | temptingly, temptingness
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- [adj] very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
- [adj] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | alluring, beguiling, enticing, inviting, seductive, tantalising, tantalizing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tempt"ing\, a.
Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive;
enticing; as, tempting pleasures. -- {Tempt"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Tempt"ing*ness}, n.
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