tempting

/ˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/

TƐMP · tɪŋ (2 syllables)

English Adj Top 9,859

Definition

Attractive, appealing, enticing.

Example Sentences

"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]."