enticing
English
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editenticing (comparative more enticing, superlative most enticing)
- That entices; alluring; attractive; charming
- Synonyms: enticing, (formal, obsolete) illecebrous; see also Thesaurus:attractive
- Antonyms: repulsive, unalluring, unattractive, unenticing
Translations
editalluring
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Verb
editenticing
- present participle and gerund of entice
References
edit- “enticing”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “enticing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Noun
editenticing (plural enticings)
- enticement; temptation
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Chase—First Day”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 604:
- On each soft side [of the White Whale]—coincident with the parted swell, that but once leaving him, then flowed so wide away—on each bright side, the whale shed off enticings.