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TEMPTINGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temptingness mean? 

TEMPTINGNESS (noun)
  The noun TEMPTINGNESS has 1 sense:

1. the power to entice or attract through personal charmplay

  Familiarity information: TEMPTINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TEMPTINGNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The power to entice or attract through personal charm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

allure; allurement; temptingness

Hypernyms ("temptingness" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temptingness"):

invitation (a tempting allurement)

Derivation:

tempting (highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire)


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