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tempted - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: tempted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: desirous
Synonyms: bent on, charmed, desiring, inclined, allured, enticed, seduced
Antonyms: disinclined, indifferent, unwilling, averse to, undesiring
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: charmed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: enchanted
Synonyms: bewitched, delighted, fascinated, fascinated, hypnotized, pleased, possessed, protected, spellbound, tempted, attracted, bedazzled, beguiled, captivated, enraptured, enticed, entranced, lured, mesmerized, moonstruck, soothed, under a spell, won over
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, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, tempt, turn on*, wile, lead on, suck in, sweep off feet, 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, charm, enchant, engage, entice, fascinate, intrigue, invite, please, tantalize, tempt, catch the eye
Antonyms: disgust, turn off, turn away
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, seduce, tempt, lead on
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 off, coax, corrupt, entice, fix*, get at, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, pervert, reward, seduce, soap*, square, suborn, sugar, tamper, tempt, tip, buy back, do business, get to, grease palm, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, sweeten the pot, take care of
Main Entry: cajole
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attempt to coax; flatter
Synonyms: banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over
Antonyms: bully, force, repel
Main Entry: coax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: persuade
Synonyms: allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm
Antonyms: allow, not care
Main Entry: dangle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suspend
Synonyms: brandish, depend, droop, entice, flap, flaunt, flourish, hang, lure, sling, sway, swing, tantalize, tempt, trail, wave, hang down
Main Entry: debauch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deprave, corrupt
Synonyms: abuse, bastardize, betray, debase, defile, deflower, demoralize, fornicate, fraternize, intrigue, inveigle, lure, pervert, pollute, ravish, ruin, seduce, subvert, tempt, violate, vitiate, warp, bestialize, brutalize, go bad, go to hell, lead astray, live in the gutter
Antonyms: clean, cleanse, improve, purify, upgrade
Main Entry: decoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bait, entrap
Synonyms: allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, ensnare, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lure, mislead, seduce, steer, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile, egg one on, ensorcell, lead on, lead up garden path, mousetrap, rope in, shill, suck in
Main Entry: dispose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place, order; deal with
Synonyms: actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on*, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt
Notes: predispose differs from dispose by implying that the frame of mind is created some time before it becomes obvious
Antonyms: disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage
Main Entry: entice
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: allure; persuade
Synonyms: attract, bait, beguile, cajole, coax, decoy, draw, entrap, inveigle, lure, prevail on, seduce, tempt, toll, turn on*, wheedle, bat eyes at, lead on
Antonyms: disgust, dissuade, repel, repulse, turn off, turn away
Main Entry: entrap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: capture, involve
Synonyms: allure, bag*, beguile, catch, decoy, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, hook, implicate, inveigle, lure, net, seduce, set up, snare, tempt, trap, trick, benet, box in, lay for*, lead on, reel in, rope in, suck in
Antonyms: clear, disentangle, exclude, free, liberate, release
Main Entry: fascinate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: captivate, hold spellbound
Synonyms: absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, seduce, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win, infatuate, intoxicate, rivet, spellbind
Antonyms: bore, repel, tire, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest
Main Entry: interest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold the attention of
Synonyms: affect, amuse, appeal, arouse, attract, concern, divert, engage, engross, entertain, enthrall, excite, fascinate, grab, hook, intrigue, involve, lure, move, perk up, pique, please, pull, snare, tantalize, tempt, titillate, touch, turn on, appeal to, be interesting to, sit up
Antonyms: bore, bother, disenchant, disinterest
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