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enticing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/
  • /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. That entices; alluring; attractive; charming
    • The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections. 2024 July 31, Luke Winkie, “My Rousing Night at “White Dudes for Harris””, in Slate:

Forms

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more enticing Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most enticing Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

unalluring · unattractive · repulsive · unenticing

Deriveds

enticingness · enticingly

Synonyms

captivating · taking · seducing · attractive · enchanting · winsome · engaging · witching · appetizing · appealing · enticive · charming · desirable · prepossessing · coying · seductive · winning · fetching · illecebrous · alluring · enticing · catchy · attracting · tempting · bewitching · heart-throbbing · fascinating · enticive · exciting · inviting

Translations (29)

pt atiçador (alluring) · bg съблазнителен (alluring) · sv lockande (alluring) · pt tentador (alluring) · ro seducător (alluring) · sv frestande (alluring) · gd togarrach (alluring) · ca atractiu (alluring) · pt atrativo (alluring) · bg привлекателен (alluring) · hi लोभन (alluring) · es incitante (alluring) · pt aliciante (alluring) · fi viettelevä (alluring) · fr aguicheur (alluring) · ca estimulant (alluring) · uk спокусливий (alluring) · ca temptador (alluring) · ru соблазни́тельный (alluring) · nl verlokkelijk (alluring) · ru зама́нчивый (alluring) · ro tentant (alluring) · es aliciante (alluring) · ota جاذب (alluring) · es tentador (alluring) · ro atrăgător (alluring) · ro încântător (alluring) · fi houkutteleva (alluring) · gl tentador (alluring)

enticing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/
  • /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. enticement; temptation
    • On each soft side [of the White Whale]—coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away—on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Chase—First Day”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 604:

Forms

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enticings Number=Plur lexicographic

enticing en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/
  • /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of entice
    form of entice