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TEMPTINGNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temptingness mean?
• TEMPTINGNESS (noun)
The noun TEMPTINGNESS has 1 sense:
1. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
Familiarity information: TEMPTINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The power to entice or attract through personal charm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
allure; allurement; temptingness
Hypernyms ("temptingness" is a kind of...):
attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temptingness"):
invitation (a tempting allurement)
Derivation:
tempting (highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire)
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