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All temptation synonyms

temp·ta·tion
T t

noun temptation

  • bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
  • enticement — Something used to attract or to tempt someone; a lure.
  • carrot — Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
  • blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
  • allure — to entice or tempt (someone) to a person or place or to a course of action; attract
  • chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
  • allurement — fascination; charm.
  • mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
  • entrapment — The state of being entrapped.
  • drawing card — a person who or thing that attracts attention or patrons.
  • come-on — inducement; lure.
  • cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
  • appeal — If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
  • determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
  • inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
  • inducement — the act of inducing.
  • it — sweet vermouth: gin and it.
  • chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
  • decoy — If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
  • nark — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
  • quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
  • its — sweet vermouth: gin and it.
  • glamor — the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.
  • incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
  • magnet — a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
  • attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
  • narks — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
  • invitation — the act of inviting.
  • lure — anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
  • coaxing — the act of persuading by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
  • captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
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