enticing

English

WOTD – 24 September 2007

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/
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Adjective

enticing (comparative more enticing, superlative most enticing)

That entices; alluring; attractive; charming
Synonyms: enticing, (formal, obsolete) illecebrous; see also Thesaurus:attractive

Antonyms: repulsive, unalluring, unattractive, unenticing

Translations

alluring

Bulgarian: привлекателен (bg) (privlekatelen), съблазнителен (bg) (sǎblaznitelen)
Catalan: atractiu (ca), temptador, estimulant (ca)
Dutch: verlokkelijk (nl)
Finnish: viettelevä (fi), houkutteleva (fi)
French: aguicheur (fr)
Galician: tentador
Portuguese: aliciante, tentador (pt) m, atrativo (pt) m, atiçador
Romanian: seducător (ro), tentant (ro), încântător (ro), atrăgător (ro)
Russian: зама́нчивый (ru) (zamánčivyj), соблазни́тельный (ru) (soblaznítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: togarrach
Spanish: tentador (es) m, incitante (es), aliciante
Swedish: lockande (sv), frestande (sv)
Ukrainian: спокусливий (spokuslyvyj)

Verb

enticing

present participle of entice

References

“enticing”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
enticing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Noun

enticing (plural enticings)

enticement; temptation

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