tempting
Collocations
5ADJ.
spanish
VERB + TEMPTING
admit, look, offer, put, sounds
TEMPTING + NOUN
fate, i'm, idea
PREP.
about, in
ADV.
constantly, sorely
Definitions
adj
Attractive, appealing, enticing.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
Seductive, alluring, inviting.
noun
The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.
If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
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6It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of t
WiktionaryIf God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and sa
WiktionaryThat sounds very tempting.
Tatoeba · #268957I'm addicted to translating sentences from French into English on Tatoeba, and Spanish is tempting me sorely.
Tatoeba · #427771Test pilots are constantly tempting fate.
Tatoeba · #603589It's a tempting offer but I'm afraid I'm going to have to turn you down.
Tatoeba · #661262