Synonyms for tempter

Grammar : Noun

Spell : temp-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛmp tər

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Définition of tempter

Origin : mid-14c., from Middle French tempteur (14c.), Old French *tempteor, from Latin temptatorem, agent noun from temptare (see tempt). Originally especially of the Devil.

noun seducer

Example sentences :

But the tempter came, and from that time she began to droop.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various

The tempter was sure that the battle was won, and smiled contentedly.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The tempter, in making a second attack, became more positive.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

Whoever was the tempter, that is not the thing; nor what the temptation.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

That way, whispered the Tempter, was too straight and simple.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Aye, more to you than the world, said the tempter, a womans love.
Extract from : « The Fifth String » by John Philip Sousa

“Think it over––and watch him mighty close tonight,” advised the tempter.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

"There's Monte Carlo; you might pull down a tidy sum," said the tempter.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

Once you yield, be it ever so little, to the tempter, you are lost.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

So woman has something more to do than to beat back the tempter.
Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver

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