Tempting means making you want something against your better judgement. A tempting offer, tempting to say, it is tempting.
The better judgement is essential: something tempting pulls against what you have decided, which is why the word suits food, offers and shortcuts. It is tempting to is the standard way of introducing an idea you are about to reject. Note tempt, temptation; and that resisting a tempting offer is the whole subject of a great deal of writing about willpower.
1adjectivetemptingMaking you want something against your better judgement.
“The chocolate cake looked very tempting, but I was trying to eat less sugar.”
synonyms: enticing, alluring
tempting is a quality of attraction.