Tempt vs Untempted - What's the difference?
tempt | untempted |
To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
To attract; to allure.
To provoke something; to court.
Not tempted.
*{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 17, author=David Rieff, title=Miracle Workers?, work=New York Times
, passage=But the fact that someone so untempted by mystical inclinations could in an important sense be sustained by what was in part a mystical relationship is emblematic of the extraordinary demands that, in extremis, patients cannot help making ? demands that are as impossible for doctors to fulfill as they are impossible for patients to forgo. }}
As a verb tempt
is to provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.As an adjective untempted is
not tempted.tempt
English
Verb
(en verb)- She tempted me to eat the apple.
- Its glossy skin tempted me.
- It would be tempting fate.
Derived terms
* temptation * tempter * temptress * tempt fate * tempt providenceExternal links
* * *untempted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation