tempt
verb (used with object)
to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
temptable
-
a word derived from
tempt.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
For me to meet you," he added, "I should have to be tempted—and I'm not even temptable.
From The Outcry by Henry James
Probably nowhere on this planet can a thousand young men be found, between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four, who will not show examples of the heedless, the temptable, and the depraved.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
And hardly more do we differ in our features than we do in the things which, and through which, we are temptable.
From Men in the Making by Ambrose Shepherd
She had no intention of committing bigamy, even if she had been temptable to such recklessness.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
She saw that he had his common streak, too: he was mere man, animal, temptable.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
