tempting
121tempt */*/ — UK [tempt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms tempt : present tense I/you/we/they tempt he/she/it tempts present participle tempting past tense tempted past participle tempted 1) [often passive] to make you want to do or to have something,… …
122untempting — /ʌnˈtɛmptɪŋ/ (say un tempting) adjective not tempting. –untemptingly, adverb …
123temptation — ► NOUN 1) the action of tempting or the state of being tempted. 2) a tempting thing …
124forbidden fruit — noun originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality) • Hypernyms: ↑temptation, ↑enticement * * * noun 1. : an immoral… …
125seductively — adverb in a tempting seductive manner she smiled at him seductively • Syn: ↑temptingly • Derived from adjective: ↑tempting (for: ↑temptingly), ↑seductive …
126siren — n. 1 a a device for making a loud prolonged signal or warning sound, esp. by revolving a perforated disc over a jet of compressed air or steam. b the sound made by this. 2 (in Greek mythology) each of a number of women or winged creatures whose… …
127Siren — n. 1 a a device for making a loud prolonged signal or warning sound, esp. by revolving a perforated disc over a jet of compressed air or steam. b the sound made by this. 2 (in Greek mythology) each of a number of women or winged creatures whose… …
128tantalising — adjective 1. arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach a tantalizing taste of success • Syn: ↑tantalizing • Similar to: ↑inviting 2. very pleasantly inviting a tantalizing aroma …
