Another word for tempting | Synonyms for tempting

Another word for tempting

tempting Synonyms

tempting

modif.

appetizing, attractive, fascinating, intriguing, rousing, tantalizing, provoking, provocation, alluring, mouth-watering*, temptatious*; see also charming, tasteful 1, 2.

Antonyms ugly*, repulsive, unwholesome.

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Another word for tempting

adjective

Pleasing to the eye or mind:
attractive, bewitching, enchanting, engaging, enticing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, lovely, prepossessing, pretty, sweet, taking, winning, winsome. See like
Tending to seduce:
alluring, bewitching, come-hither, enticing, inveigling, inviting, luring, seductive, siren, witching. See like, persuasion, sex

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Only his idea of tempting her with a fine house hadn't worked.
It was tempting to untie the twine from her waist and wander a little further, but the forest was too confusing.
I'd be less than honest if I said the security Josh can offer wasn't tempting - that and the idea of having an instant family.
And maybe, I don't want you tempting me to do something I shouldn't.
The proposition came in a tempting hour.

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