tempt
Offer forbidden fruit
To tempt is to entice someone toward something appealing but potentially unwise or forbidden: I was tempted to skip work.
The word implies attraction strong enough to test resolve.
Food tempts the hungry, shortcuts tempt the impatient.
Don't tempt fate warns against inviting trouble through reckless confidence.
A tempting offer is hard to refuse.
Attractive, tempting quality
- seduceLure into intimacy
- lureThing that tempts
- enticeAttract by offering appeal
- beguileCharm into deception
captivate · attract · charm · coax · woo · invite · appeal · draw
Violation of divine law
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- fallDescend under gravity
serpent · Eve · apple · vice · moral struggle · resistance · willpower · succumb
Powerful urge to have
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- appetiteDesire for food
- urgeStrong inner drive
hunger · thirst · inclination · penchant · want · ache · itch · hankering
Sweet from cacao seeds
- dessertSweet course after dinner
- sweetsSugary food items
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
decadence · guilty pleasure · cheat day · luxury · comfort food · delicacy · pastry · confection
Judicial examination of claims
- proveEstablish as fact
- challengeTest of ability
- JobBiblical patience exemplar
- tribulationState of great distress
ordeal · adversity · perseverance · steadfastness · resist · withstand
Predetermined course of events
- dangerExposure to harm
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- providenceDivine protective care
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
chance · gamble · dare · push limits · reckless · foolhardy · play with fire · dice with death
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
beguile · captivate · attract · charm · coax · woo · invite · appeal · draw · fascinate
sin
Violation of divine law
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
fall · serpent · Eve · apple · vice · moral struggle · resistance · willpower · succumb · yield
craving
Powerful urge to have
urge · hunger · thirst · inclination · penchant · want · ache · itch · hankering · weakness
chocolate
Sweet from cacao seeds
splurge · decadence · guilty pleasure · cheat day · luxury · comfort food · delicacy · pastry · confection · second helping
trial
Judicial examination of claims
tribulation · ordeal · adversity · perseverance · steadfastness · resist · withstand
fate
Predetermined course of events
- dangerExposure to harm
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- providenceDivine protective care
odds · chance · gamble · dare · push limits · reckless · foolhardy · play with fire · dice with death · brave
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- highlightemphasize, highlight, accentuate, underscore, underline
- worship verbspray, bless, anoint, baptize, consecrate
temptdiscourage
Diminish someone's confidence
- tempting fateRisking bad outcomes recklessly
- tempt fateRecklessly invite misfortune
- tempted fateRecklessly invited misfortune
- The Temptations
- temptation of ChristSatan's desert testing of Jesus
- temptation of JesusDevil's desert challenge
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