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.

Derived terms

• temptationless

Translations

act of tempting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誘惑 (cmn), 诱惑 (cmn) (yòuhuò)

• Czech: pokoušení (cs) n
• Finnish: houkuttelu (fi), viettely (fi)
• French: tentation (fr) f
• German: Versuchung (de) f, Verführung (de) f

• Hungarian: kísértés (hu)
• Japanese: 誘惑 (ja) (ゆうわく, yūwaku)
• Malay: penggodaan (ms)
• Norn: tumtation
• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n, соблазн (ru) (soblázn) m

condition of being tempted

• Esperanto: tento (eo)
• Finnish: viehättyneisyys (fi)
• German: Versuchung (de) f

• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n

something attractive, tempting or seductive

• Catalan: temptació (ca) f
• Czech: pokušení (cs) n
• Danish: fristelse (da) c
• Faroese: freisting (fo) f
• Finnish: houkutus (fi), viettelys (fi)

• Malay: godaan (ms)
• Polish: pokusa (pl) f
• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n, соблазн (ru) (soblázn) m
• Slovak: pokušenie (sk) n

pressure applied to one's thinking

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

• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искушение (ru) (iskušénije) n, соблазн (ru) (soblázn) m

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• Arabic: اغراء (ar) ('ighraa') m
• Danish: fristelse c
• Dutch: verleiding (nl), verzoeking (nl), beproeving (nl)
• Hebrew: פיתוי (he) (pitui) m
• Italian: tentazione (it) f

• Korean: 유혹 (ko) (yuhok) (誘惑 (ko))
• 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