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tempted

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Main Entry: tempt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lure, entice

Synonyms:

allure, appeal to, attract, bait, butter up, captivate, charm, coax, court, dare, decoy, draw, draw out, entrap, fascinate, honey*, hook*, incite, induce, influence, instigate, intrigue, inveigle, invite, lead on, make mouth water, motivate, mousetrap, move, oil, persuade, play up to, promote, provoke, risk, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, tantalize, test, train, try, turn one's head, wheedle, whet, woo*

Antonyms:

discourage, repulse, turn off
Main Entry: tempted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: desirous

Synonyms:

allured, bent on, charmed, desiring, enticed, inclined, seduced

Antonyms:

averse to, disinclined, indifferent, undesiring, unwilling
Main Entry: allure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: entice

Synonyms:

attract, bait, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, come on, decoy, draw, enchant, entrap, fascinate, hook*, inveigle, lead on, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, suck in, sweep off feet, tempt, turn on, wile, win over

Antonyms:

deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad

Synonyms:

acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex

Antonyms:

calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: appeal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attract, interest

Synonyms:

allure, beguile, captivate, catch the eye, charm, enchant, engage, entice, fascinate, intrigue, invite, please, tantalize, tempt

Antonyms:

disgust, turn away, turn off
Main Entry: attract
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: draw attention

Synonyms:

allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send*, slay, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow*

Antonyms:

repel, repulse
Main Entry: bait
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lure

Synonyms:

allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, draw, entice, fascinate, lead on, seduce, tempt
Main Entry: beckon
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: call, signal, or lure

Synonyms:

allure, ask, attract, bid, coax, command, demand, draw, entice, gesticulate, gesture, invite, motion, nod, pull, sign, summon, tempt, wave
Main Entry: bribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request silence, action, or inaction for money

Synonyms:

approach, buy, buy back, buy off, coax, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, get at, get to, grease palm, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, pervert, reward, seduce, soap, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip
Main Entry: cajole
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attempt to coax; flatter

Synonyms:

apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over

Antonyms:

bully, force, repel
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