Synonyms:
tantalizing, tantalising, tempting
Meaning: very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
Synonyms:
alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
And yet as he looked at her with eyes filled with hopeless misery a demon of suggestion whispered within him, tempting him.
But out here one is never quite sure of what one is eating, for sometimes the most tempting dishes are made of almost nothing.
They were tempting the poor daft old man to steal the money from Mrs. Jarley's strong box, and while she listened he consented.
Nevertheless, such grounds as these, surrounded with lofty trees, are more tempting to those who desire to have a stylish dwelling.
Of course, it was commonly known that Benda was being sought by Universities and corporations: I know personally of several tempting offers he had received.
No one would ever find his cheek a tempting one to kiss, and no one would be moved, by any feeling save pity, to stoop and put affectionate arms around Jonesy.
One tempting little decoy-fish after another may whisk past her nose, but both palate and stomach easily withstand the temptations that are placed before her surfeited eyes.
This prospect was so tempting that the officers began whispering together and presently Colonel Cheese said: "Your Majesty, by combining our brains we have just evolved a most brilliant idea.
The quadruplex was the tempting goal toward which Edison now constantly turned, and after more than a year's strenuous work he filed a number of applications for patents in the late summer of 1874.
Clement Austin felt this, and yet he had no heart to begin life again, though tempting offers came to him from great commercial houses, whose chiefs were eager to secure the well-known cashier of Messrs.