Tempt

//tɛmpt//

Synonyms for "tempt" (162 found)

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Translations

105 translations across 41 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tundoj verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • πειράζω verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أَغْرَى verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • أَغْرَى verb (to attract, allure)
  • أَغْوَى verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tentar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • изкушавам verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • провокирам verb (to provoke)
  • съблазнявам verb (to attract, allure)

Catalan

3 entries
  • temptar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • temptar verb (to attract, allure)
  • temptar verb (to provoke)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 吸引 verb (to attract, allure)
  • 誘惑 /诱惑 verb (to attract, allure)

Danish

2 entries
  • friste verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • lokke verb (to attract, allure)

Dutch

4 entries
  • lokken verb (to attract, allure)
  • uitlokken verb (to provoke)
  • verleiden verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • verlokken verb (to attract, allure)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • tenti verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • tenti verb (to attract, allure)

Finnish

4 entries
  • houkuttaa verb (to attract, allure)
  • härnätä verb (to provoke)
  • viekoitella verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • vietellä verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

French

2 entries
  • attirer verb (to attract, allure)
  • tenter verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Friulian

1 entries
  • tentâ verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Galician

1 entries
  • tentar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

German

3 entries
  • in Versuchung führen verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • locken verb (to attract, allure)
  • versuchen verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • גירה verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • פיתה verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csalogat verb (to attract, allure)
  • csábít verb (to attract, allure)
  • kihív verb (to provoke)
  • kísért verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Italian

2 entries
  • tentare verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • tentare verb (to attract, allure)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 誘惑する verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • tuksu verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Latin

1 entries
  • tentō verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kārdināt verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • kārdināt verb (to attract, allure)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • соблазни verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakapoapoa verb (to attract, allure)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • friste verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • friste verb (to attract, allure)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • vesieekjen verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Polish

4 entries
  • judzić verb (to provoke)
  • kusić verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • nęcić verb (to attract, allure)
  • podjudzić verb (to provoke)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • tentar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • tentar verb (to attract, allure)

Romanian

2 entries
  • ispiti verb (to attract, allure)
  • tenta verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Russian

4 entries
  • искуси́ть verb (to attract, allure)
  • искуша́ть verb (to attract, allure)
  • подби́ть verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • подбива́ть verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • tenteare verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • buair verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • buair verb (to attract, allure)
  • buair verb (to provoke)

Spanish

4 entries
  • acodiciar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • acodiciar verb (to attract, allure)
  • acudiciar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • acudiciar verb (to attract, allure)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tuksuhin verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Telugu

3 entries
  • ఎర వేయు verb (to attract, allure)
  • ప్రేరేపించు verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • రెచ్చగొట్టు verb (to provoke)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ayartmak verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • baştan çıkarmak verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • cezbetmek verb (to attract, allure)
  • kanına girmek verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Tuvaluan

1 entries
  • fakaosooso verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • прива́блювати verb (to attract, allure)
  • спокуша́ти verb (to attract, allure)
  • схиляти, змушувати verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Venetan

1 entries
  • tantar verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • xui verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • xúi verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • xúi giục verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)

Volapük

2 entries
  • blufodön verb (to provoke someone to do wrong)
  • bätön verb (to attract, allure)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Nothing would tempt me to deceive him.

Source: tatoeba (36792)

Can I tempt you to try another piece of cake?

Source: tatoeba (62647)

Trying to tempt her, I gazed into her face.

Source: tatoeba (317631)

Do not tempt me.

Source: tatoeba (1534813)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.