Temptation

//ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən//

Synonyms for "temptation" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

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Noun(2 words)
enticementfitna

Related words (39)

Noun(1 words)
siren song

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Translations

106 translations across 44 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • tundim noun (act of tempting)
  • tundim noun (condition of being tempted)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πειρασμός noun (act of tempting)
  • πειρασμός noun (condition of being tempted)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِغْرَاء noun (act of tempting)
  • تَجْرِبَة noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)
  • فِتْنَة noun (act of tempting)
  • فِتْنَة noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գայթակղություն noun (act of tempting)
  • գայթակղություն noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Bengali

3 entries
  • ফেতনা noun (act of tempting)
  • ফেতনা noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • ফেতনা noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • प्रलोभन noun (act of tempting)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • изкушение noun (act of tempting)
  • изкушение noun (condition of being tempted)
  • съблазняване noun (act of tempting)
  • съблазън noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Catalan

3 entries
  • temptació noun (act of tempting)
  • temptació noun (condition of being tempted)
  • temptació noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • panulay noun (act of tempting)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 誘惑 /诱惑 noun (act of tempting)

Czech

3 entries
  • pokoušení noun (act of tempting)
  • pokušení noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • pokušení noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)

Danish

2 entries
  • fristelse noun (condition of being tempted)
  • fristelse noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verlokking noun (act of tempting)
  • verlokking noun (condition of being tempted)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tento noun (condition of being tempted)

Faroese

1 entries
  • freisting noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Finnish

4 entries
  • houkuttelu noun (act of tempting)
  • houkutus noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • kiusaus noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)
  • viehättyneisyys noun (condition of being tempted)

French

3 entries
  • tentation noun (act of tempting)
  • tentation noun (act of tempting)
  • tentation noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Georgian

1 entries
  • განსაცდელი noun (act of tempting)

German

3 entries
  • Verführung noun (act of tempting)
  • Versuchung noun (act of tempting)
  • Versuchung noun (condition of being tempted)

Greek

2 entries
  • πειρασμός noun (act of tempting)
  • πειρασμός noun (condition of being tempted)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פיתוי noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्रलोभन noun (act of tempting)
  • लुभाव noun (act of tempting)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kísértés noun (act of tempting)
  • kísértés noun (condition of being tempted)

Irish

4 entries
  • aimsiú noun (act of tempting)
  • cathú noun (act of tempting)
  • cathú noun (condition of being tempted)
  • cathú noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Italian

1 entries
  • tentazione noun (act of tempting)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 誘惑 noun (act of tempting)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • tuksu noun (act of tempting)

Korean

2 entries
  • 유혹 noun (act of tempting)
  • 유혹 noun (condition of being tempted)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kārdinājums noun (condition of being tempted)
  • kārdinājums noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Malay

2 entries
  • godaan noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • penggodaan noun (act of tempting)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • പ്രലോഭനം noun (act of tempting)
  • പ്രലോഭനം noun (condition of being tempted)
  • പ്രലോഭനം noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakapoapoatanga noun (act of tempting)
  • whakapoapoatanga noun (condition of being tempted)

Norn

1 entries
  • tumtation noun (act of tempting)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • fristelse noun (act of tempting)
  • fristelse noun (condition of being tempted)
  • fristelse noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Old English

1 entries
  • costnung noun (act of tempting)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • فتنه noun (act of tempting)
  • فتنه noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • وسوسه noun (act of tempting)
  • وسوسه noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Persian

2 entries
  • وسوسه noun (act of tempting)
  • وسوسه noun (condition of being tempted)

Polish

4 entries
  • kuszenie noun (act of tempting)
  • kuszenie noun (condition of being tempted)
  • pokusa noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • pokuszenie noun (act of tempting)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • tentação noun (act of tempting)
  • tentação noun (condition of being tempted)
  • tentação noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • tentação noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)

Russian

4 entries
  • искуше́ние noun (act of tempting)
  • искуше́ние noun (condition of being tempted)
  • искуше́ние noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • искуше́ние noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pokušenie noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Spanish

4 entries
  • tentación noun (act of tempting)
  • tentación noun (condition of being tempted)
  • tentación noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)
  • tentación noun (pressure applied to one's thinking)

Swedish

2 entries
  • frestelse noun (condition of being tempted)
  • frestelse noun (something attractive, tempting or seductive)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tukso noun (act of tempting)

Sample sentences

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Don't yield to any temptation.

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Finally she gave in to temptation and ate the whole cake.

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The guy was so childish that he couldn't resist temptation.

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I gave in to temptation and began to smoke a cigarette.

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