temptation

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Noun

temptation (plural temptations)

1. The act of tempting
2. The condition of being tempted.
3. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
4. Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

Translations

act of tempting

Czech: pokoušení (cs) n. Finnish: houkuttelu (fi), viettely (fi)

Hungarian: kísértés (hu) Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n., соблазн (ru) (soblázn) m.

condition of being tempted

Esperanto: tento (eo) Finnish: viehättyneisyys (fi)

Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n.

something attractive, tempting or seductive

Catalan: temptació (ca) f. Czech: pokušení (cs) n.

Finnish: houkutus (fi), viettelys (fi) Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n., соблазн (ru) (soblázn) m.

pressure applied to one's thinking

Czech: pokušení (cs) n. Finnish: kiusaus (fi)

Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n., соблазн (ru) (soblázn) m.

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Arabic: اغراء (ar) ('ighraa') m. Mandarin: Mandarin: 誘惑 (cmn), 诱惑 (cmn) (yòuhuò) Danish: fristelse c. Dutch: verleiding (nl), verzoeking (nl), beproeving (nl) French: tentation (fr) f. German: Versuchung (de) f. Hebrew: פיתוי (he) (pitui) m. Italian: tentazione (it) f. Japanese: 誘惑 (ja) (ゆうわく, yūwaku)

Korean: 유혹 (ko) (yuhok) (誘惑 (ko)) Malay: nafsu Maltese: tentazzjoni (mt) f. Norwegian: Bokmål: fristelse m. Nynorsk: freisting f. Portuguese: tentação (pt) f. Romanian: ispită (ro) f. Scottish Gaelic: buaireadh (gd) m. Spanish: tentación (es) f. Swedish: frestelse