Dictionary Definition
tempting adj
1 highly attractive and able to arouse hope or
desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice
was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing
advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" [syn: alluring, beguiling, enticing]
2 very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing
aroma"; "a tempting repast" [syn: tantalizing, tantalising]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Translations
attractive, appealing, enticing
- Finnish: houkutteleva, viehättävä
- German: verführerisch, verlockend
- Romanian: tentant
seductive, alluring, inviting
- Finnish: houkutteleva, viettelevä
- German: verführerisch, verlockend
- Romanian: tentant
Verb
tempting- present participle of tempt
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Circean, acceptable, adorable, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, enchanting, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, foxy, glamorous, heart-robbing,
hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, likable, lovable, lovely, luscious, luxurious, mesmeric, mouth-watering,
piquant, pleasing, prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, ravishing, rousing, savory, seducing, seductive, sensuous, sexy, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, succulent, taking, tantalizing, teasing, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, to be desired,
toothsome, unobjectionable,
voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching, worth
having