Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enticing

/ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: en-tic-ing
IPA: /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That entices; alluring; attractive; charming

verb

present participle and gerund of entice

noun

enticement; temptation

Example Sentences

"The opportunity to extinguish MAGAdom is so enticing that it has purged one of the most self-sabotaging inclinations in the American liberal’s coalition: the fractious adjudication of identity that can too often become a priority over winning elections."
"On each soft side [of the White Whale]—coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away—on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings."

Inflected Forms

more enticing (comparative) most enticing (superlative) enticings (plural)

Derived Forms

enticingly enticingness

Synonyms

enticive alluring appealing appetizing attracting attractive catchy bewitching captivating charming coying desirable

Antonyms

repulsive unalluring unattractive unenticing

Rhymes With

pricing icing slicing splicing dicing spicing repricing mispricing reising leising

Questions

How do you pronounce enticing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/.
What does enticing mean?: That entices; alluring; attractive; charming

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