tempting en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/ (US)
Meanings
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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; […].
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- Seductive, alluring, inviting.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more tempting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most tempting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
untempting · temptingness · temptingly
Synonyms
Translations (54)
pt tentador (attractive, appealing, enticing) · ru привлека́тельный (attractive, appealing, enticing) · hu csábos (seductive, alluring, inviting) · ca temptador (attractive, appealing, enticing) · fi houkutteleva (seductive, alluring, inviting) · es tentador (seductive, alluring, inviting) · it tentatore (attractive, appealing, enticing) · ru привлека́тельный (seductive, alluring, inviting) · cmn 吸引人的 (attractive, appealing, enticing) · de verführerisch (seductive, alluring, inviting) · de verlockend (attractive, appealing, enticing) · id menggairahkan (seductive, alluring, inviting) · bg превлекателен (attractive, appealing, enticing) · ro tentant (attractive, appealing, enticing) · fi viehättävä (attractive, appealing, enticing) · nb fristende (attractive, appealing, enticing) · id menarik (seductive, alluring, inviting) · mk соблазнив (seductive, alluring, inviting) · de attraktiv (attractive, appealing, enticing) · de verführerisch (attractive, appealing, enticing) · id menarik (attractive, appealing, enticing) · uk спокусливий (attractive, appealing, enticing) · hi लोभन (seductive, alluring, inviting) · ru соблазни́тельный (seductive, alluring, inviting) · hi आकर्षक (seductive, alluring, inviting) · fi viettelevä (seductive, alluring, inviting) · ca temptador (seductive, alluring, inviting) · pl kusicielski (seductive, alluring, inviting) · cmn 誘人 /诱人的 (seductive, alluring, inviting) · nl verleidelijk (attractive, appealing, enticing) · de verlockend (seductive, alluring, inviting) · hi लोभन (attractive, appealing, enticing) · fr tentant (attractive, appealing, enticing) · cmn 誘惑 /诱惑的 (seductive, alluring, inviting) · da fristende (attractive, appealing, enticing) · pt tentador (seductive, alluring, inviting) · de einladend (seductive, alluring, inviting) · fi houkutteleva (attractive, appealing, enticing) · nb fristende (seductive, alluring, inviting) · hu csábos (attractive, appealing, enticing) · pl kusicielski (attractive, appealing, enticing) · mk примамлив (attractive, appealing, enticing) · bg примамлив (attractive, appealing, enticing) · gl tentador (attractive, appealing, enticing) · ro tentant (seductive, alluring, inviting) · el δελεαστικός (attractive, appealing, enticing) · de reizend (seductive, alluring, inviting) · ru маня́щий (seductive, alluring, inviting) · bg съблазнителен (seductive, alluring, inviting) · cmn 有吸引力的 (attractive, appealing, enticing) · ru соблазни́тельный (attractive, appealing, enticing) · id memikat (attractive, appealing, enticing) · es tentador (attractive, appealing, enticing) · id menggiurkan (seductive, alluring, inviting)