Another word for tempting
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Adjective
Pleasing to the eye or mind
- Charming, often in a childlike or naive way.
- Of or relating to the act of winning:
- Successful; victorious:
- Attractive; charming:
- Capturing interest; fetching:
- Contagious; catching. Used of an infectious disease.
- The act of one that takes.
- Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.
- Containing or derived from sugar.
- Retaining some natural sugar; not dry:
- Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.
- Clever; adroit:
- Very bad; terrible:
- Serving to impress favorably; pleasing:
- Causing prejudice.
- Beautiful especially in a pleasing or charming way.
- Enjoyable; delightful:
- Inspiring love or affection.
- Full of or characterized by glamour.
- Very attractive; charming:
- Possessing the power to charm or allure; captivating.
- That entices; alluring; attracting; charming.
- Present participle of entice.
- enticement; temptation
- Charming; attractive:
- Having the power to enchant; charming:
- The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
- Enchanting.
- Pleasing to the senses or mind, as by being beautiful:
- Interesting because of the likelihood of being advantageous or profitable:
- Having the power to attract:
See also:Tending to seduce
- Relating to or characteristic of witchcraft.
- Having the power to charm or enchant; bewitching.
- Witchcraft; sorcery.
- A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
- An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning:
- Any of several slender aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae of eastern North America, having external gills, small forelimbs, and no hind limbs.
- Tending to seduce; alluring:
- Present participle of lure.
- Attractive; tempting:
- Present participle of inveigle.
- That entices; alluring; attracting; charming.
- Present participle of entice.
- enticement; temptation
- Seductive; alluring:
- The act by which somebody is bewitched; a curse or enchantment.
- Enchanting.
- tempting strongly; highly attractive; charming
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Another word for tempting
Modifier
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- Alternative form of mouthwatering.
- tempting strongly; highly attractive; charming
- The act of provoking or inciting.
- Something that provokes.
- Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations:
- that tantalizes
- tempting; enticing
- Inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring:
- Lively; vigorous:
- Used as an intensive:
- exciting interest or curiosity; fascinating
- Possessing the power to charm or allure; captivating.
- Pleasing to the senses or mind, as by being beautiful:
- Interesting because of the likelihood of being advantageous or profitable:
- Having the power to attract:
- Appealing to or stimulating the appetite.
Antonyms:
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