tempting

[temp-ting]

adjective

1. that tempts; enticing or inviting.

   Synonyms: seductive, alluring, attractive
   Antonyms: repellent

tempting

/ ˈtɛmptɪŋ /

adjective

1. attractive or inviting

   a tempting meal

Other Word Forms

• temptingly adverb
• temptingness noun
• untempting adjective
• untemptingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tempting¹

First recorded in 1540–50; tempt + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Veronika is transporting the world’s largest diamond to Paris, an opportunity too tempting for the magicians to pass up.

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I know it’s fiction with extremes, but it feels very specific to the times we’re living in — how tempting it is to lean into the anger or resentment we’re feeling.

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Many of the Chinese workers had been lured there with lucrative job offers - no doubt tempting amid China's economic slowdown and high youth unemployment.

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Seattle is a progressive playground, but its voters are tempting fate by returning to policies that hamstring police more than they do criminals.

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It was too tempting a possibility to ignore.

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