Antonyms for inviting


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-vahy-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈvaɪ tɪŋ


Definition of inviting

Origin :
  • "attractive, alluring," c.1600, from present participle of invite (v.).
  • adj alluring, captivating
Example sentences :
  • It was the marshal calling to them that Andrew was gone and inviting them in to finish him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • There was self-assertion, but not of the antagonistic—solely of the inviting sort.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Beyond Schwitter's the highroad stretched, broad and inviting, across the State.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I knew that she was inviting me to follow her, but I refused to move.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • He bent forward a little, with the air of inviting a confidence.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • There was no reason for inviting him alone; besides, it was happier to sit by, leaving him to some one else.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • A number of my friends ate it because of its inviting taste and odor.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • I supposed that your object in inviting me to this interview was peace.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • Inviting you to share her box at the opera so that you may be seen in public with that man.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • So, as inviting her was out of the question, he resolved not to attend, himself.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Synonyms for inviting

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