Tempt Synonyms and Antonyms

tĕmpt
To behave so as to bring on (danger, for example)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. invite
  2. court
  3. allure
  4. provoke
Antonyms:
  1. turn off
  2. repulse
  3. discourage
To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lure

Words Related to Tempt

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Tempt Sentence Examples

  • He'll be too sleepy to tempt me.

  • The possibility of the existence of evil spirits, organized under one leader Satan to tempt man and oppose God, cannot be denied; the sufficiency of the evidence for such evil agency may, however, be doubted; the necessity of any such belief for Christian thought and life cannot, therefore, be affirmed.

  • In the hook of Enoch Satan is represented as the ruler of a rival kingdom of evil, but here are also mentioned Satans, who are distinguished from the fallen angels and who have a threefold function, to tempt, to accuse and to punish.

  • Bruce was conferring at Dumfries with John Comyn, the late regent, whom he was endeavouring to tempt into his plots, on the 10th of January 1306.

  • They are all there to tempt the sweet tooth.

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