temptation
Syllables: temp·ta·tion/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/
temptation noun: the act of tempting.
Noun
temptation (countable and uncountable, plural temptations)
- The act of tempting.
- The condition of being tempted.
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
- At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe...1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202
- Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
temptation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
temptation in Hindi
- act of tempting
- लुभाव lubhāv, प्रलोभन pralobhan, लोभन lobhan
temptation in Tamil
- சபலம்
temptation in Marathi
- प्रलोभन
temptation in Urdu
- بہکاؤ, فتنہ, لالچ, ترغیب
More languagesFewer languages
- temptation in Bengali
- ফেতনা fetna
- temptation in Telugu
- లాలూచీ lālūcī
- temptation in Malayalam
- പ്രലോഭനം pralōbhanaṁ
- temptation in Kannada
- ಸೆಳೆತ, ಪ್ರಲೋಭನೆ, ಆಮಿಷ, ದುಷ್ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ
- temptation in Gujarati
- લાલચ, પ્રલોભન
- temptation in Odia
- ପ୍ରଲୋଭନ, ପ୍ରଲୋଭନା
- temptation in Sanskrit
- मोहन mohana
- temptation in Nepali
- प्रलोभन, प्रलोभना
- temptation in Tagalog
- tukso
- temptation in Arabic
- فِتْنَة fitna, إِغْرَاء ʔiḡrāʔ, تَجْرِبَة tajriba
- temptation in Malay
- penggodaan, godaan
- temptation in Indonesian
- penggodaan, godaan, tergoda, desakan
- temptation in Persian
- وسوسه vasvase
Examples of temptation in a sentence
- It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.
- Yes, my life has been blameworthy; I confess it. But you know nothing of its temptations.
- Such gustatorial temptations as red chile chocolates, Poire Williams cordials, and coconut-cream truffles.
Synonyms of temptation
Forms of temptation
| plural | temptations |
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Origin of temptation
From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio. Morphologically tempt + -ation.
Words formed from temptation
- temptational
- temptationful
- temptationless
Phrases with temptation
Words that rhyme with temptation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about temptation
- What does temptation mean?
- Temptation means the act of tempting.
- What is temptation in Hindi?
- Temptation in Hindi is लुभाव (lubhāv), प्रलोभन (pralobhan), लोभन (lobhan). See Temptation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is temptation?
- Temptation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce temptation?
- Temptation is pronounced /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of temptation?
- The plural of temptation is temptations.
Words near temptation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: temptation (page history and authors); temptation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); temptation (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); temptation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); లాలూచీ (Telugu) (page history and authors); temptation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); temptation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); temptation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मोहन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); temptation (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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