Definitions for tempting

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tempting tempt·ing

Spelling: [temp-ting]

IPA: /ˈtɛmp tɪŋ/

Tempting is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in tempting (egimnptt).

Definitions for tempting

adjective

1. that tempts; enticing or inviting.

verb (used with object)

1. to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
2. to attract, appeal strongly to, or invite:
3. to render strongly disposed to do something:
4. to put (someone) to the test in a venturesome way; provoke:
5. Obsolete. to try or test.

Origin of tempting

First recorded in 1540-50; tempt + -ing²

Examples for tempting

At first glance, it might be tempting to interpret this extravagant level of compensation as a victory for the once-humble intern.

It is tempting for gay-rights advocates to imagine that a national majority is the same as a national consensus.

It would be tempting, at this point, to say that the Internet will corrode religious authority and usher in the Great Secular Age.

It is tempting to think that Posada would be proud of how far his calavera images have traveled.

The most tempting avenue of invasion was the valley of the Adige River.

This is the sense in which the Bible speaks of God as tempting persons.

That is, I declare, Mr. Monday, it looks awfully like tempting Providence!

It was tempting, and although it had a peculiar odour, she swallowed it.

The column looked so tempting, like the David Brooks pieces I enjoy so much.

But I cannot linger upon this at present, tempting although it be.