Synonyms for tempted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tempt |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛmpt |
Définition of tempted
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French tempter (12c.), from Latin temptare "to feel, try out, attempt to influence, test." Related: Tempted; tempting.
- adj desirous
- If one were not a scientist one might be tempted to say there is no progress.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There, some are tempted to buy; and some repent of having bought.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- It never occurred to her that the girl might have been tempted to steal—and had not resisted the temptation.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Possibly some were so tempted, and but for the difficulties in the way, might really have tried for this.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- When John's card was brought, I was tempted to refuse to see him.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- That was in case of an enemy or a famine when the people might be tempted to eat it.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- It is a mystery, unless the Black Man tempted him with great heaps of gold.
- Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Nice is the most beautiful city in France, I am tempted to say the most beautiful city I ever beheld.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- For once Wanhope was not to be tempted off on another scent.
- Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
Antonyms for tempted
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