- allurement
- appeal
- attractiveness
- bait
- blandishment
- coaxing
- come-hither
- come-on
- decoy
- draw
- enticement
- fancy
- fascination
- hankering
- inducement
- invitation
- provocation
- pull
- seduction
- snare
- tantalization
- trap
- yen
- inveiglement
- seducement
On this page you’ll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to temptation, such as: allurement, appeal, attractiveness, bait, blandishment, and coaxing.
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How to use temptation in a sentence
It’s difficult to know what the long run holds, because when you let people loose, there’s a lot of temptation to go too far.
STOCKHOLM SYNDROMETATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The young wheat, however, is still a temptation, and is accordingly punished by the Sparrows.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITH
He has a will to resist temptation, but though he may clear a small temptation, he may fall at a large one.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
It was within an hour of midnight, and the weather being dark and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter.
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WORDS RELATED TO TEMPTATION
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- charisma
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- come-on
- enchantment
- enticement
- glamor
- inveiglement
- lure
- magnetism
- seductiveness
- temptation
- the jazz
- bait
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- come-on
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- invitation
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- courting
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- magnetism
- pull
- seduction
- solicitation
- temptation
- tendency
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- shill
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- inducement
- lure
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- temptation
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temptation, enticementnoun
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
Synonyms:
enticement, lure, come-on -
temptationnoun
the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
«he felt the temptation and his will power weakened»
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enticement -
enticement, temptationnoun
the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
«his enticements were shameless»
Synonyms:
enticement, come-on, lure
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- Desire
- Influence
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How to use temptation in a sentence?
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Paul Schoenfeld:
The cash pile is a temptation for Mr. Bollore and the management.
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Mae West:
I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.
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Andrew Chesnut:
Joselyn came to a grisly end because she made herself famous over social media, gloating over her achievements, these girls know that they have to keep a low profile for their work, but for many the temptation to post on Instagram and Twitter is too great and they end up making themselves targets.
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William White:
What we do know is that the health of many financial institutions is now under threat, bank profits, needed for capital accumulation, are being reduced by low credit and term spreads. Pension funds and insurance companies are threatened even more. Everywhere, there is the temptation to’ gamble for resurrection,’ again with unknown consequences. The global economy could now be even more vulnerable than it was in 2007.
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George Bernard Shaw:
I never resist temptation because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
Translations for temptation
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- إغراءArabic
- temptacióCatalan, Valencian
- pokušení, pokoušeníCzech
- fristelseDanish
- Verführung, VersuchungGerman
- tentoEsperanto
- tentaciónSpanish
- viettelys, viehättyneisyys, houkuttelu, viettely, kiusaus, houkutusFinnish
- freistingFaroese
- tentationFrench
- प्रलोभनHindi
- kísértésHungarian
- godaanIndonesian
- tentazioneItalian
- 誘惑Japanese
- temptationisLatin
- penggodaan, godaanMalay
- pokusaPolish
- tentaçãoPortuguese
- искушение, соблазнRussian
- pokušenieSlovak
- günahaTurkish
- لالچUrdu
- 誘惑Chinese
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[ tɛmptˈe͡ɪʃən], [ tɛmptˈeɪʃən], [ t_ɛ_m_p_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]
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n.
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- craving,
- inclination,
- thirst,
- wish,
- ache,
- longing,
- urge,
- yearning.
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- glitz,
- character,
- good looks,
- charisma,
- like.
• allure (noun)
- come-hither looks,
- comehither look,
- comehither looks,
- come hither looks,
- seductivenesses,
- the jazzes.
• allurement (noun)
- turnon,
- turnons,
- turn ons.
• attraction (noun)
- affinity,
- charm,
- magnetism,
- draw,
- traction,
- pull,
- appeal,
- attractiveness,
- gravitation,
- fascination.
• bait (noun)
- seducements.
• decoy (noun)
- drawing card,
- nark,
- blow off,
- chicanes,
- chicane,
- sitting duck,
- narks,
- ensnarement.
• enticement (noun)
- sweetenings,
- pro-mise,
- co-axing,
- pro mise,
- come hithers,
- pro-mises,
- pro mises,
- co axing,
- coaxings.
• feeling (noun)
- temptation.
• incentive (noun)
- reason whys,
- pro-vocations,
- pro vocation,
- pro vocations.
• inducement (noun)
- de-sires,
- de-sire,
- de sire,
- de sires.
• invitation (noun)
- pro position,
- beggings,
- re quests,
- pro-positions,
- re-quests,
- pro positions,
- in vite.
• lure (noun)
- yen,
- provocation,
- fancy,
- hankering.
• lure, attraction (noun)
- coaxing,
- Tantalization,
- blandishment.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- inducement,
- trap,
- bait,
- come hither,
- Inveiglement,
- determinant,
- enticement,
- come hither look,
- incentive,
- invitation,
- influence,
- entrapments,
- snare,
- stimulus,
- siren song,
- mousetraps,
- quicksand,
- seduction,
- quicksands,
- Sweeteners,
- allure,
- shill,
- come-on,
- shills,
- magnet,
- teasers,
- magnets,
- seductiveness,
- entrapment,
- glamor,
- Carrots,
- Seducement,
- come-hither look,
- allurement,
- reason why,
- carrot,
- lasso,
- cajolery,
- desire,
- promptings,
- determinants,
- comeon,
- mousetrap,
- turn-on,
- teaser,
- sweetener,
- hard sell,
- the jazz,
- glamors,
- decoy,
- Cajoleries,
- turn-ons,
- lure,
- motivations.
• persuasion (noun)
- induction,
- persuasion.
• reward (noun)
- allowance,
- remuneration,
- gratuity,
- prize,
- bounty,
- grant,
- compensation,
- stipend,
- stimulation,
- plum,
- payment,
- bonus,
- honorarium,
- wages,
- reward,
- gift,
- award,
- consideration,
- atonement,
- tribute,
- amends,
- sweepstakes,
- tip,
- wage,
- treat,
- allotment.
• seduction (noun)
- tantalizings.
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v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)
- attraction.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):
- dirty,
- alluring,
- bewitch,
- come,
- gross,
- crave,
- become,
- bewitchment,
- bewitchery,
- exhortation,
- Seducing,
- wheedling,
- honeyed words,
- fall,
- bedevil,
- consent,
- intense,
- tempt,
- attain,
- deliciously,
- hope,
- spell,
- magnetic force,
- captivation,
- solicit,
- attractively,
- invitingly,
- seduce,
- fascinate,
- bawdy,
- lewd,
- Allective,
- arousal,
- Desideration,
- Charmingness,
- agitation,
- induce,
- ribald,
- beguilement,
- immoral,
- whimsey,
- maggot,
- idol,
- lascivious,
- Enticingly,
- offend,
- corrupt,
- way,
- earn,
- enthrallingly,
- debauched,
- obscene,
- want,
- enthrallment,
- glamour,
- gain,
- inflammation,
- encouragement,
- be persuaded,
- wooing,
- inspiration,
- instigation,
- exorbitant,
- ask,
- cause,
- impulse,
- loadstone,
- beguiling,
- Appetize,
- nasty,
- indecent,
- catch,
- solicitation,
- captivating,
- Allectation,
- attract,
- prestige,
- buy,
- excitement,
- coarse,
- winsomeness,
- trial,
- agacerie,
- charmingly,
- temptingly,
- fetchingly,
- enchant,
- generate,
- impel,
- acquire,
- beguilingly,
- enrapture,
- ambition,
- come on,
- dissolute,
- hobby,
- irritate,
- voluptuous,
- flirtation,
- depraved,
- Persuading,
- extreme,
- fascinatingly,
- tantalize,
- enticing,
- interest,
- incitement,
- witchery,
- kinky,
- charge,
- concede,
- beguile,
- excessive,
- enchantment,
- whimsy,
- extravagant,
- titillate,
- requirement,
- Cajoling,
- filthy,
- fetch,
- alluringly,
- engagingly,
- enchantingly,
- whim,
- forbidden fruit,
- seductively,
- beg,
- desideratum,
- loss leader,
- fomentation,
- come-hither,
- get,
- motivation,
- inordinate,
- take,
- pornographic,
- Snaring,
- come round,
- desirability,
- stale,
- bribe,
- libidinous,
- leading on,
- golden apple,
- tempting,
- lodestone,
- licentious,
- appealingly,
- trophy.
How to use «Temptation» in context?
Temptation is an ever present force that tries to pull us in opposite directions. It’s the voice in our heads that tells us to do something that we know is wrong. But what is temptation really? In short, temptation is anything that makes us want something that we know is bad for us. It’s the reason why we get sucked into bad relationships, give in to our cravings for junk food, and succumb to social media addictions. But temptation is also a powerful teacher. It shows us what is bad for us, and how we can overcome our weaknesses. It can even lead us to find true happiness.
Paraphrases for Temptation:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
enticement.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
seduction.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
attraction, incentive, tendency, trend, urge.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
attempt, inclination, inducement, lure, propensity.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Temptation:
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n.
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feeling
desire.
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feeling
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admonitory,
exemplary,
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prophylactic,
warning,
RETD,
riflery,
twist tie,
fistbump.
Nearby words
- tempt gods
- tempt providence
- tempt the gods
- tempt with
- temptable
- Temptation
- ‘tween decks
- (take) offence
- (that’s a) good question
- (the) best of luck
- (the) more fool you/him/her etc.
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