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tempt·ing    Audio Help   [temp-ting] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
that tempts; enticing or inviting.
[Origin: 1540–50; tempt + -ing2]

—Related forms
tempt·ing·ly, adverb
tempt·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms attractive, alluring, seductive.
—Antonyms repellent.
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tempt    Audio Help   (těmpt)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   tempt·ed, tempt·ing, tempts

v.   tr.
  1. To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
  2. To be inviting or attractive to: A second helping tempted me. We refused the offer even though it tempted us. See Synonyms at lure.
  3. To provoke or to risk provoking: Don't tempt fate.
  4. To cause to be strongly disposed: He was tempted to walk out.

v.   intr.
To be attractive or inviting: a meal that tempts.


[Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter, from Latin temptāre, to feel, try.]

tempt'a·ble adj., tempt'er n.
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tempt·ing    Audio Help   (těmp'tĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Having strong appeal; enticing: a tempting repast.

tempt'ing·ly adv., tempt'ing·ness n.
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tempting

adjective
1. 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" [syn: alluring] 
2. very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast" [syn: tantalizing] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈtempting adjective
attractive
Example: That cake looks tempting.
Arabic: مُغْرٍ، جَذّاب
Chinese (Simplified): 吸引人的
Chinese (Traditional): 吸引人的
Czech: lákavý, vábný
Danish: fristende
Dutch: verleidelijk
Estonian: ahvatlev
Finnish: houkutteleva
French: tentant
German: verführerisch
Greek: δελεαστικός
Hungarian: vonzó, csábító
Icelandic: freistandi
Indonesian: menarik
Italian: allettante
Japanese: 魅力的な
Korean: 유혹적인
Latvian: vilinošs; kārdinošs
Lithuanian: viliojantis, gundantis
Norwegian: fristende, lokkende
Polish: kuszący
Portuguese (Brazil): tentador
Portuguese (Portugal): tentador
Romanian: tentant, ispititor
Russian: соблазнительный
Slovak: lákavý
Slovenian: mamljiv
Spanish: tentador
Swedish: frestande, lockande
Turkish: baştan çıkarıcı
See also: be tempted (to do something), tempter, temptation, tempt

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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