# tempting

Pronunciation: say "TEMP-ting" /ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Attractive and appealing enough to make you want something.
   - Simple: Looking so good or so nice that you really want it.
   - _The job offer was tempting, with better pay and shorter hours._
   - _We found the dessert menu far too tempting to resist._
3. Seductive and alluring; inviting in a way that stirs desire.
   - Simple: Charming and pretty in a way that pulls you closer.
   - _Her voice was low and tempting, impossible to ignore._
   - _The perfume ad promised something tempting and faintly forbidden._

## Verb

2. Present participle of tempt. — present participle and gerund of tempt
   - Simple: Present participle of tempt. Use this -ing form when someone is trying to make another person want something.
   - _The bakery was tempting passersby with the smell of warm pastries._
   - _Tempting investors with high returns, the company quickly raised millions._

## Noun

4. The act of putting someone under temptation, trying to make a person want what they ought to avoid.
   - Simple: The act of making someone want to do something they should not.
   - _The tempting of the hero by easy riches drives the whole story._
   - _His patient tempting of the witness into a contradiction drew an objection._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tempting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).