tempt
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
She tempted me to eat the apple.
Đồng nghĩa: entice, fand, lure, pander, tease
- 2.
(transitive)To attract; to allure.
Its glossy skin tempted me.
Đồng nghĩa: beguile, entrance, allure, arrest, attract, becharm, beguile, bewitch, beckon, captivate, charm, court, delight, draw, effascinate, enchant, engage, enthrall, entrance, enrapture, fascinate, forspeak, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, pull, pull in, seduce, sirenize, spellbind, tempt, tole
- 3.
(transitive)To provoke something; to court.
It would be tempting fate.
Đồng nghĩa: foment, urge, abet, actuate, goose, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about, cheer, draw, drive, encourage, egg on, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, lash, motive, motivate, move, obligate, oblige, push, promote, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, urge, whet, whip up
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From Middle English tempten, from Old French tempter (French: tenter), from Latin temptare, from tentare (to handle, touch, try, test, tempt), frequentative of tendere (to stretch). Displaced native costning temptation.