tempt

verb15 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.3

To have an urge or inclination to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.

Emphasizes the feeling or emotion of being tempted.

A common way to express a high degree of temptation.

To feel a powerful urge or pull towards a temptation.

To consider a tempting option in a serious manner.

To be painfully or grievously tempted, suggesting a struggle.

To be very close to yielding to a temptation.

To have a partial desire to do something, while also having reservations.

To be tempted to an extreme or intense degree.

Refers to the act of attempting to entice someone.

Indicates a potential or hypothetical temptation.

Expresses a less likely or more tentative possibility of temptation.

Suggests a possibility of being tempted.

To entice someone by offering something attractive.

To entice someone to do something, often something they shouldn't.

Collocations with "tempt"

... + tempt