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temptatious

temptatious adjective: tempting; inciting desire.

Adjective

temptatious (comparative more temptatious, superlative most temptatious)

  1. (archaic) tempting; inciting desire.

Forms of temptatious

comparativemore temptatious
superlativemost temptatious

Questions about temptatious

What does temptatious mean?
Temptatious means tempting; inciting desire.
What part of speech is temptatious?
Temptatious is an adjective.

Words near temptatious in the dictionary

  1. temptableness
  2. temptation
  3. temptational
  4. temptationless
  5. temptations
  6. temptatious
  7. temptative
  8. temptator
  9. temptators
  10. tempted
  11. tempted fate

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