Tempting

/'temptiɳ/
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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Appealing and attractive, often in a way that makes one want to have or do something, even if it might be unwise: Describes something that strongly attracts or entices, creating a desire to possess, experience, or yield to it.
    • Pleasantly inviting or alluring: Describes something that is very agreeable and draws one in.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • The display of desserts in the bakery window was very tempting.
    • He received a tempting job offer from a rival company.
    • It was a tempting idea to skip work and go to the beach.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be tempting fate/providence": to act in a way that is recklessly risky, as if daring something bad to happen.
    • Driving that fast on wet roads is tempting fate.
Variants and Related Words
  • Tempt (verb): To entice or attract someone to do something, often something they should not do.
    • The ads are designed to tempt consumers.
  • Temptation (noun): The desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise, or the thing that causes such a desire.
    • He resisted the temptation to eat another cookie.
Synonyms
  • Alluring: Powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.
  • Enticing: Attractive or tempting; alluring.
  • Seductive: Tempting and attractive; enticing.
  • Inviting: Appealing; attractive.
Related Idioms
  • A tempting prospect: An appealing or attractive possibility for the future.
    • Early retirement is a tempting prospect for many.
Adjective
  1. very pleasantly inviting
    • a tantalizing aroma
    • a tempting repast
  2. 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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