Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for enticing

Antonyms for enticing

Grammar : Adj
Spell : en-tahys
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtaɪs

Definition of enticing

Origin :
  • late 13c., intice, from Old French enticier "to stir up (fire), to excite, incite," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *intitiare "set on fire," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + titio (genitive titionis) "firebrand," of uncertain origin. Meaning "to allure, attract" is from c.1300. Related: Enticed; enticing.
  • adj attractive
Example sentences :
  • It had been a most enticing mystery, you know; and the woman in the case was extraordinary, to say the least.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Her smiles were as sweet and enticing as she or any other girl could make.
  • Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major
  • It is the very difficulty, the tension, so to say, that makes it enticing.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • Enticing speculation, the yes or no of these twelve men, three days ago.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • There is a dreamy summer about them which make them enticing as the Hesperides of the ancients.
  • Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
  • He had a way, whenever she came to a pause, of enticing her to go on.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Woman » by Charles D. Stewart
  • Of all the devices to entrap Augusta, this well-meant trick was the most enticing.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • Of all forms of pessimism, the metaphysical form was, for a historian, the least enticing.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
  • The scent of the water, at once enticing and bitter, intoxicated him.
  • Extract from : « En Route » by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
  • There are here no inviting grassy slopes and no enticing forests.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband

Synonyms for enticing

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019