tempting.html - adj.
1 attractive, inviting.
2 enticing to evil.

temptingly adv.

tempting.html - {v. phr.} To take a chance; run a risk; gamble. * /You're tempting fate every time you drive that old wreck of a car./

tempting.html - v.tr.
1 entice or incite (a person) to do a wrong or forbidden thing (tempted him to steal it).
2 allure, attract.
3 risk provoking (esp. an abstract force or power) (would be tempting fate to try it).
4 archaic make trial of; try the resolution of (God did tempt Abraham).

be tempted to be strongly disposed to (I am tempted to question this).

temptable adj. temptability n. [ME f. OF tenter, tempter test f. L temptare handle, test, try]

tempting.html - n.
1 a the act or an instance of tempting; the state of being tempted; incitement esp. to wrongdoing. b (the Temptation) the tempting of Christ by the Devil (see Matt . 4).
2 an attractive thing or course of action.
3 archaic putting to the test. [ME f. OF tentacion, temptacion f. L temptatio -onis (as TEMPT)]

tempting.html - n.
(fem. temptress)
1 a person who tempts.
2 (the Tempter) the Devil. [ME f. OF tempteur f. eccl.L temptator -oris (as TEMPT)]

tempting.html - adj.
1 attractive, inviting.
2 enticing to evil.

temptingly adv.