to tempt

English - Turkish

Definition of to tempt in English Turkish dictionary

için özendirmek

şeytana uydurmak

özendirmek

Ben sizi özendirmek istemedim. - I didn't mean to tempt you.

{f} baştan çıkarmak

ayartmak

kanına girmek

ayartmaya çalışmak

şeytana uydurmak

çelmek

akıl çelmek

baştan çıkar

Baştan çıkarmaya karşı dayanıklıdır. - He is proof against temptation.

Seni baştan çıkarmıyorum. - I'm not tempting you.

teşvik etmek

cezbetmek

çekici olmak

tempt fate kadere meydan okumak

{f} meydan okumak

eskidenemek

{f} 1. (birini) ayartmaya çalışmak, doğru yoldan saptırmaya çalışmak: He tempted me with the promise of an earldom. Bir kontluk vadederek beni

kızdırmak

öfkelendirmek

{f} kışkırtmak

özendir/ayart

tempt to dürtmek

(birini) ayartmaya çalışmak, doğru yoldan saptırmaya çalışmak: He tempted me with the promise of an earldom. Bir kontluk vadederek beni

English - English

Definition of to tempt in English English dictionary

To attract; to allure

Its glossy skin tempted me.

To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice

She tempted me to eat the apple.

to offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong

{v} to entice to ill, provoke, try prove

try presumptuously; "St Anthony was tempted in the desert"

To endeavor to accomplish or reach; to attempt

try presumptuously; "St

To provoke something; to court

To put to trial; to prove; to test; to try

If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do. a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford She will be offering a package worth about 40 million dollars, to tempt the rebels into agreeing to disarm. see also tempted

dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"

induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"

give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

If someone says that something they say or do is tempting fate or is tempting providence, they mean they are worried that it may cause the good luck they have had so far to end. As soon as you start to talk about never having played on a losing side, it is tempting fate

Anthony was tempted in the desert" dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food" give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" try to seduce

{f} allure, entice, tantalize, seduce

try to seduce

Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year Can I tempt you with a little puff pastry? The fact that she had become wealthy did not tempt her to alter her frugal way of life

To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate

provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

Anthony was tempted in the desert"

To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to entice to what is wrong; to seduce

Turkish pronunciation

tı tempt

Pronunciation

/tə ˈtempt/ /tə ˈtɛmpt/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.