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  1. tempt

    To allure is to draw as with a lure by some charm or some prospect of pleasure or advantage. We may attract others to a certain thing without intent; as, the good unconsciously attract others to virtue. We may allure either to that which is evil or to that which is good and noble, by purpose and endeavor, as in the familiar line, "Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way," Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 170. Lure is rather more akin to the physical nature. It is the word we would use of drawing on an animal. Coax expresses the attraction of the person, not of the thing. A man may be coaxed to that which is by no means alluring. Cajole and decoy carry the idea of deceiving and ensnaring. To inveigle is to lead one blindly in. To tempt is to endeavor to lead one wrong; to seduce is to succeed in winning one from good to ill. Win may be used in either a bad or a good sense, in which latter it surpasses the highest sense of allure, because it succeeds in that which allure attempts; as, "He that winneth souls is wise," Prov. xi, 30.

    Synonyms:
    allure, attract, cajole, captivate, coax, decoy, draw, entice, inveigle, lure, seduce, win

    Antonyms:
    chill, damp, deter, dissuade, drive away, repel, warn

    Preposition:
    Allure to a course; allure by hopes; allure from evil to good.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tempt

    Synonyms:
    entice, allure, try, seduce, attract, solicit, decoy

    Antonyms:
    dissuade, deter, warn

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tempt, allureverb

    dispose or incline or entice to

    "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

    Synonyms:
    allure, invite, influence, entice, lure, charm

  2. entice, lure, temptverb

    provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

    "He lured me into temptation"

    Synonyms:
    allure, invite, influence, entice, lure, charm

  3. tempt, inviteverb

    give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting

    "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

    Synonyms:
    influence, bid, pay for, invite, ask over, ask in, lure, ask for, take in, call for, charm, receive, allure, ask round, entice

  4. charm, influence, temptverb

    induce into action by using one's charm

    "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

    Synonyms:
    act upon, enamour, entrance, capture, lure, allure, invite, fascinate, enchant, charm, work, catch, mold, bewitch, becharm, beguile, trance, influence, entice, regulate, enamor, shape, determine, captivate

  5. temptverb

    try to seduce

    Synonyms:
    allure, invite, influence, entice, lure, charm

  6. temptverb

    try presumptuously

    "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"

    Synonyms:
    allure, invite, influence, entice, lure, charm

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. temptverb

    Synonyms:
    try, test, prove, put to trial

  2. temptverb

    Synonyms:
    entice (especially to evil), allure, seduce, decoy, induce, inveigle, persuade, prevail upon, draw on, bring over

  3. temptverb

    Synonyms:
    incite, instigate, provoke, incline, dispose, prompt

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. temptverb

    Synonyms:
    seduce, entice, decoy, allure, induce, provoke, incite, instigate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tempt":

    try, seduce

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How to use tempt in a sentence?

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    Don't tempt me. Do your job.

  2. J. Hawes:

    He that cannot decidedly say, "No," when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.

  3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

  4. Patricia McCoy:

    Fast forward five years, and two of those banks – Silicon Valley and Signature Bank – failed due to lack of liquidity and possible undercapitalization, their failures destabilized the financial system in the process and caused federal banking regulators to take measures (such as insuring all the deposits at the two failed banks) that will tempt banks to bet on even bigger risks in the future.

  5. Sir George Savile:

    The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.


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