Antonyms for tempting
ˈtɛmp tɪŋtempt·ing

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1. alluring, beguiling, enticing, temptingadjective

   highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

   "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"

   Antonyms:
   uninviting, unseductive

   Synonyms:
   alluring, tantalising, enticing, tantalizing, beguiling

2. tantalizing, tantalising, temptingadjective

   very pleasantly inviting

   "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"

   Antonyms:
   unseductive, uninviting

   Synonyms:
   alluring, tantalising, enticing, tantalizing, beguiling

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1. temptingadjective

   Synonyms:
   enticing, alluring, seductive

How to use tempting in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Franklin:

   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.

2. Saab Chief Executive Hakan Buskhe:

   It is so tempting that you can't stay out and ... I think we will win. That is my view, if we don't win, we have learned a lot of other things and we have shown it is possible to work together and have created a culture between Boeing and Saab (such) that we could do more things together.

3. Hermes:

   If there is one thing I have learnt over the aeons, it's that you should never give up on family no matter how tempting they make it.

4. Leslie Miley:

   It is tempting to say this time feels different, people are talking about the root cause this time -- structural, systemic racism.

5. Dorothy Nevill:

   The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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