What are some opposite words for tempting?
Antonyms for tempting
ˈtɛmp tɪŋtempt·ing
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term tempting.
Princeton's WordNet
alluring, beguiling, enticing, temptingadjective
highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
"an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
Antonyms:
uninviting, unseductiveSynonyms:
alluring, tantalising, enticing, tantalizing, beguilingtantalizing, tantalising, temptingadjective
very pleasantly inviting
"a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
Antonyms:
unseductive, uninvitingSynonyms:
alluring, tantalising, enticing, tantalizing, beguiling
How to use tempting in a sentence?
It might be tempting to dismiss B. L.’s words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein, but sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary.
It's very tempting when you are not free and facing a system that every morning tells you just cooperate and everything will be simple.
It’s tempting to leap in like a mother lioness and think, ‘I need to protect my child from that awful kid,’.
These findings will likely become an important part of the patient education counseling physicians provide to their patients, while it is tempting to think that only the rare patient who is a gay male would benefit from such counseling, this study makes it clear that anal intercourse is a common practice that is not limited to gay men.
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#23055 | tempting | |
#191578 | uninviting |
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