Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tempting

/ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: tempt-ing
IPA: /ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Attractive, appealing, enticing.

adj

Seductive, alluring, inviting.

verb

present participle and gerund of tempt

noun

The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.

Example Sentences

"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]."
"If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more tempting (comparative) most tempting (superlative) temptings (plural)

Derived Forms

temptingly temptingness untempting

Synonyms

slinky tantalizing tantalising alluring beguiling enticing

Rhymes With

attempting exempting empting preempting

Questions

How do you pronounce tempting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/.
What does tempting mean?: Attractive, appealing, enticing.

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