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Definition of Tempting

Tempting

  1. of Tempt
  2. Adapted to entice or allure; attractive; alluring; seductive; enticing; as, tempting pleasures.

Tempting Quotations

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Benjamin Franklin

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.
Greta Garbo

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion.
Evan Davis

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.
Joseph Butler

I've never had WiFi at home. I'm too easily distracted, and YouTube is too tempting.
Dave Eggers
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Tempting Translations

tempting in Dutch is lekker, aanlokkelijk
tempting in French is tentant
tempting in German is verlockend, versuchend
tempting in Italian is allettante
tempting in Spanish is tentador

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