Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for
tempt
[ tempt ]
verb (used with object)
- to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- to attract, appeal strongly to, or invite:
The offer tempts me.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to render strongly disposed to do something:
The book tempted me to read more on the subject.
- to put (someone) to the test in a venturesome way; provoke:
to tempt one's fate.
- Obsolete. to try or test.
tempt
/ ɛ /
verb
- to attempt to persuade or entice to do something, esp something morally wrong or unwise
- to allure, invite, or attract
- to give rise to a desire in (someone) to do something; dispose
their unfriendliness tempted me to leave the party
- to risk provoking (esp in the phrase tempt fate )
Discover More
Derived Forms
- ˈٱٲ, adjective
- ˈٱٱ, noun
Discover More
Other yvlog Forms
- ٱa· adjective
- ·ٱ verb (used with object)
- -ٱĻ adjective
- p·ٱ verb (used with object)
- un·ٱa· adjective
- ܲ·ٱĻ adjective
Discover More
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tempt1
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English from Latin ٱ “to probe, feel, test, tempt”
Discover More
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of tempt1
C13: from Old French tempter, from Latin ٱ to test
Discover More
Synonym Study
Tempt, seduce may both mean to allure or entice to something unwise or wicked. To tempt is to attract by holding out the probability of gratification or advantage, often in the direction of that which is wrong or unwise: to tempt a man with a bribe. To seduce is literally to lead astray, sometimes from that which absorbs one or demands attention, but oftener, in a moral sense, from rectitude, chastity, etc.: to seduce a person away from loyalty.
Discover More
Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
He had a chair removed so he wouldn’t be tempted to sit.
From
One might be tempted to give the Republicans the benefit of the doubt on their crusade against “rogue” judges, except for a couple of factors.
From
I was once tempted to make a big move to Spain myself.
From
That could prove too tempting a challenge to overlook.
From
Chamberlain became king of the 1980's TV mini-series: playing a western prisoner in Shogun and a catholic priest tempted by love in The Thorn Birds.
From
Advertisement
Related yvlogs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse