enticing

UK/ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/US/ɛnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,518 of 15,258neutral

Enticing means tempting enough to draw you in. An enticing offer, an enticing smell, enticing prospects.

It is about the pull rather than the worth, which is why advertising loves it and why an enticing offer is worth reading twice. It is warmer than tempting and less suspicious than alluring.

Definitions of enticing

1adjectiveenticingTempting enough to draw you in.B2+
“The smell of fresh bread from the bakery was too enticing to resist.”

enticing is a quality.

Practise this word

enticing in the wild

The worm was sent out as an e-mail, enticing recipients to open an attachment.
Netsky (computer worm)
In addition to this, many housing projects have been created around the area due to the enticing lake-front properties.
Claytor Lake State Park
The government justified this discrepancy by stating the high salaries were necessary for enticing professionals with financial experience to work for them.
Partnerships BC
Like other types of fishing lures, topwater lures produce enticing actions through passive movements when being reeled through water.
Surface lure
In modern English, the sentence is used as a proverb to warn against trusting an enemy or adversary, even when they appear to make an enticing offer.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

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