Synonyms for temptations
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : temp-tey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛmpˈteɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for temptations Other synonyms for the word temptations
Définition of temptations
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French temptation (12c., Modern French tentation), from Latin temptationem (nominative temptatio), from past participle stem of temptare (see tempt).
- noun lure, attraction
- I know that in Paris, for instance, I myself have no temptations.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Our habits or our temptations are not our masters, but we of them.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- The temptations have increased, while human frailty remains the same.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- Temptations must come into the world, but woe to him by whom temptation comes.
- Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
- I shall not enter into a minute detail of temptations which assailed my fortitude.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- In the midst of God's work how subtle were the temptations of the devil!
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Think of it—their dependence on man, their temptations, their rewards, their punishments!
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- "Beware of the temptations of the flesh, my children," said the priest.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- Riches—that is, more than a comfortable competency—had no temptations for her.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- If my life has been vile my temptations have been sore, and the rest is in God's hands.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
Antonyms for temptations
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