temptation

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

big, great, overwhelming, strong | constant

VERB + TEMPTATION

feel, have

She feels a strong temptation to skip her morning run whenever it rains.

avoid, overcome, resist | give in/way to, succumb to, yield to

PHRASES

in/out of temptation's way, place/put temptation in sb's way

She removed the chocolate cake from the counter to keep it out of temptation's way.

Definitions

noun

1

The act of tempting.

2

The condition of being tempted.

3

Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.

At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]

4

Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire

enticement

noun — something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

enticement

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have

Wiktionary

02

Don't yield to any temptation.

Tatoeba · #36569

03

Finally she gave in to temptation and ate the whole cake.

Tatoeba · #39843

04

The guy was so childish that he couldn't resist temptation.

Tatoeba · #45345

05

I gave in to temptation and began to smoke a cigarette.

Tatoeba · #262076

06

I was determined not to give in to temptation.

Tatoeba · #262077