tempting

adjectiveverbnouncommon in dialogue

United States//ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ//

Attractive, appealing, enticing.

adjective

1
Attractive, appealing, enticing.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
2
Seductive, alluring, inviting.

verb

1
Also a form of temptpresent participle and gerund of tempt

noun

1
The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.
If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?

Forms

plural: temptings
comparative: more tempting
superlative: most tempting

temporary · Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.tempt · To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a…temptation · The act of tempting.

tempting · Attractive, appealing, enticing.

ten · The number occurring after nine and before eleven,…tenant · One who holds a lease (a tenancy).Tenant · A surname.

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