noun
Meaning 1
The act of tempting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
temptation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: T EH0 M T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The condition of being tempted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his enticements were shameless
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enticement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: influence
Narrower terms: blandishment, wheedling, leading astray, leading off, seduction, solicitation, allurement
noun
Meaning 6
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enticement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: influence
Narrower terms: forbidden fruit, bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener, allurement
noun
Meaning 7
the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he felt the temptation and his will power weakened
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desire
History
Etymology
From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio. Morphologically tempt + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
114 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: tundim — act of tempting
- Arabic: فِتْنَة (fitna) — act of tempting
- Arabic: إِغْرَاء (ʔiḡrāʔ) — act of tempting
- Aramaic: נסיונא (nesyōnā) — act of tempting
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܣܝܘܢܐ (nisyōnā) — act of tempting
- Armenian: գայթակղություն (gaytʻakġutʻyun) — act of tempting
- Bengali: ফেতনা (fetna) — act of tempting
- Bhojpuri: प्रलोभन (pralōbhan) — act of tempting
- Bulgarian: изкушение (izkušenie) — act of tempting
- Bulgarian: съблазняване (sǎblaznjavane) — act of tempting
- Catalan: temptació — act of tempting
- Cebuano: panulay — act of tempting
- Chinese Mandarin: 誘惑 /诱惑 (yòuhuò) — act of tempting
- Czech: pokoušení — act of tempting
- Dutch: verlokking — act of tempting
- Finnish: houkuttelu — act of tempting
- Finnish: viettely — act of tempting
- French: tentation — act of tempting
- Georgian: განსაცდელი (gansacdeli) — act of tempting
- German: Versuchung — act of tempting
- German: Verführung — act of tempting
- Greek: πειρασμός (peirasmós) — act of tempting
- Ancient Greek: πειρασμός (peirasmós) — act of tempting
- Hindi: लुभाव (lubhāv) — act of tempting
- Hindi: प्रलोभन (pralobhan) — act of tempting
- Hindi: लोभन (lobhan) — act of tempting
- Hungarian: kísértés — act of tempting
- Irish: aimsiú — act of tempting
- Irish: cathú — act of tempting
- Italian: tentazione — act of tempting
- Japanese: 誘惑 (yūwaku) — act of tempting
- Kapampangan: tuksu — act of tempting
- Korean: 유혹 (yuhok) — act of tempting
- Latin: temptātiō — act of tempting
- Malay: penggodaan — act of tempting
- Malayalam: പ്രലോഭനം (pralōbhanaṁ) — act of tempting
- Māori: whakapoapoatanga — act of tempting
- Norn: tumtation — act of tempting
- Norwegian Bokmål: fristelse — act of tempting
- Old English: costnung — act of tempting
- Persian: وسوسه (vasvase) — act of tempting
- Polish: kuszenie — act of tempting
- Polish: pokuszenie — act of tempting
- Portuguese: tentação — act of tempting
- Russian: искуше́ние (iskušénije) — act of tempting
- Russian: собла́зн (soblázn) — act of tempting
- Spanish: tentación — act of tempting
- Tagalog: tukso — act of tempting
- Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne) — act of tempting
- Ottoman Turkish: وسوسه (vesvese) — act of tempting
- Albanian: tundim — condition of being tempted
- Bulgarian: изкушение (izkušenie) — condition of being tempted
- Catalan: temptació — condition of being tempted
- Danish: fristelse — condition of being tempted
- Dutch: verlokking — condition of being tempted
- Esperanto: tento — condition of being tempted
- Finnish: viehättyneisyys — condition of being tempted
- German: Versuchung — condition of being tempted
- Greek: πειρασμός (peirasmós) — condition of being tempted
- Ancient Greek: πειρασμός (peirasmós) — condition of being tempted
- Hungarian: kísértés — condition of being tempted
- Irish: cathú — condition of being tempted
- Korean: 유혹 (yuhok) — condition of being tempted
- Latvian: kārdinājums — condition of being tempted
- Malayalam: പ്രലോഭനം (pralōbhanaṁ) — condition of being tempted
- Māori: whakapoapoatanga — condition of being tempted
- Norwegian Bokmål: fristelse — condition of being tempted
- Persian: وسوسه (vasvase) — condition of being tempted
- Polish: kuszenie — condition of being tempted
- Polish: pokuszenie — condition of being tempted
- Portuguese: tentação — condition of being tempted
- Russian: искуше́ние (iskušénije) — condition of being tempted
- Spanish: tentación — condition of being tempted
- Swedish: frestelse — condition of being tempted
- Unami: këshëwelìntàmëwakàn — condition of being tempted
- Arabic: فِتْنَة (fitna) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Armenian: գայթակղություն (gaytʻakġutʻyun) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Bengali: ফেতনা (fetna) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Bulgarian: съблазън (sǎblazǎn) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Catalan: temptació — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Czech: pokušení — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Danish: fristelse — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Faroese: freisting — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Finnish: houkutus — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Finnish: viettelys — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- French: tentation — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Hebrew: פיתוי — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Irish: cathú — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Latvian: kārdinājums — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Malay: godaan — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Malayalam: പ്രലോഭനം (pralōbhanaṁ) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Norwegian Bokmål: fristelse — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Polish: pokusa — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Portuguese: tentação — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Russian: искуше́ние (iskušénije) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Russian: собла́зн (soblázn) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Slovak: pokušenie — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Spanish: tentación — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Swedish: frestelse — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Ottoman Turkish: وسوسه (vesvese) — something attractive, tempting or seductive
- Arabic: فِتْنَة (fitna) — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Arabic: تَجْرِبَة (tajriba) — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Bengali: ফেতনা (fetna) — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Czech: pokušení — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Finnish: kiusaus — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Icelandic: freistni — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Icelandic: freisting — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Polish: kuszenie — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Polish: pokuszenie — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Portuguese: tentação — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Russian: искуше́ние (iskušénije) — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Russian: собла́зн (soblázn) — pressure applied to one's thinking
- Spanish: tentación — pressure applied to one's thinking
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