Antonyms for tempt

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tempt

Phonetic Transcription : tɛmpt

Definition of tempt

Origin : early 13c., from Old French tempter (12c.), from Latin temptare "to feel, try out, attempt to influence, test." Related: Tempted; tempting.

verb lure, entice

Example sentences :

And to tempt him there was this new mystery, this knowledge that he could not miss.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

That would be to tempt God: means as well as results are his.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Magnificent was the day, indeed, and sorely did La Malne tempt us to a halt.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

It was hard to dissemble still, to tempt him to say something that would madden me!
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

And now he just peeped in, to see if he could tempt me forth to play.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

The more they interest me and tempt away from work and duties.
Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen

I am bid, it seems, to tempt her, and endeavour to stain the purity of her mind.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

There was much to tempt an ambitious prince in the state of Italy.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Complete » by Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre

There are circumstances, you know, which tempt the best of people.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

He appears to migrate westward daily, and tempt us to follow him.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

Synonyms for tempt

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