TEMPTED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

tempted

verb

past tense of tempt

as in lured

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage that chocolate dessert sure tempts me, but I should stick with my diet

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as in risked

to take a chance on refusing to lay in enough food for the long winter tempts the dangers of starvation

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Recent Examples of tempted Israel, feeling more exposed, might become more inclined to strike preventively, and without the United States involved, Iran and its regional proxies might be more tempted to strike back. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026 You might be tempted by that pair of puppy dog eyes in the pet store window. — Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Male guests might be tempted by their ‘Southern Gentleman’ package. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Yet, C-suites are increasingly tempted (or worse, financially compelled) to govern purely by digital indicators. — David Farbman, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Advertisement If your son’s Instagram or TikTok feed is full of impossibly muscular men, you might be tempted to tell him to log off. — Angela Haupt, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 You may be tempted to edit the interesting parts out before anyone can judge them. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026 The podcast, launched in 2024 and followed by more than 225,000 people on Instagram, is both for those tempted by the allure of quick cash and for those who need convincing to course-correct. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026 This strikes me as a prudent response, one that stays true to the ultimate goal of physics, which is not, as I am often tempted to think, to explain what is real. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

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Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at researcher Creative Strategies, said companies will have to see if users are lured by the prospect of paying more for enhanced processing power.

— Kif Leswing,Annie Palmer,Jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
The enigma of comets and asteroids lured the world’s space agencies into funding a series of robotic probes to study them.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of lured

Verb

And conducting that work within Anthropic risked constraining White Circle from sharing it with the public.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Attacks on Saudi Arabia risked derailing the market recovery, the IEA said in its report, with Saudi production increases in September driving OPEC+ supply gains that month.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of risked

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Armani’s languid silhouette soon seduced red- and blue-blooded men the world over.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
The song is about a true story of three Dutch teenage girls in World War II, during the occupation, who seduced Nazi officers and murdered them in the woods.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of seduced

Verb

As the unique brand of baseball entertainment known as Banana Ball expanded into a six-team league, the tours have grown in size and scope but never actually ventured out of the United States.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
But Blue Nile has since ventured into the real world, too, with showrooms across the country.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ventured

Verb

But while Cartman and Ike are in Sephora, they get enticed into going into the backrooms with an employee, which look straight out of Kane Parsons’ horror film.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
During the mid-2000s, some tribal members, enticed by a chance at life-changing money, got involved in moving people and drugs, fueling cycles of arrest and incarceration that exacerbated challenges the community was already facing.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of enticed

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The suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, was detained following a 33-hour manhunt after his parents recognized him from surveillance footage broadcast in the media and persuaded him to turn himself in.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
What finally persuaded Keitel was a lengthy passage written by Ferrara’s collaborator Zoë Lund, who also plays a woman with whom the lieutenant mainlines heroine.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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