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- Dictionarytempt/tɛm(p)t/
verb
- 1. entice or try to entice (someone) to do something that they find attractive but know to be wrong or unwise: "there'll always be someone tempted by the rich pickings of poaching" Similar Opposite
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to encourage someone to want to have or do something, esp. something wrong: I’m trying to diet – don’t tempt me with that cake! tempting. adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈtemp·tɪŋ / Any free offer is always tempting. Idiom. tempt fate.
The meaning of TEMPT is to entice to do wrong by promise of pleasure or gain. How to use tempt in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Tempt.
verb (used with object) to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral. to attract, appeal strongly to, or invite: The offer tempts me. Synonyms: persuade, incite, lure, induce, inveigle. to render strongly disposed to do something:
Definition of tempt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to attempt to persuade or entice to do something, esp something morally wrong or unwise. 2. to allure, invite, or attract. 3. to give rise to a desire in (someone) to do something; dispose: their unfriendliness tempted me to leave the party. 4. to risk provoking (esp in the phrase tempt fate)
To tempt is to attract by holding out the probability of gratification or advantage, often in the direction of that which is wrong or unwise: to tempt a man with a bribe. To seduce is literally to lead astray, sometimes from that which absorbs one or demands attention, but oftener, in a moral sense, from rectitude, chastity, etc.: to seduce a ...
To tempt is to lure or entice. You might tempt your runaway dog back inside with pieces of cheese.
