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temptin'

temptin' is the pronunciation spelling of tempting.

Meaning of tempting

Adjective

tempting (comparative more tempting, superlative most tempting)

  1. Attractive, appealing, enticing.
    • It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
  2. Seductive, alluring, inviting.

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What is temptin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Temptin' is the pronunciation spelling of tempting.

Words near temptin' in the dictionary

  1. tempter
  2. tempters
  3. temptest
  4. tempteth
  5. temptful
  6. temptin'
  7. tempting
  8. tempting fate
  9. temptingly
  10. temptingness
  11. temptings

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