enticement
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enticement \En*tice"ment\, n. [OF. enticement.]
1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the
enticements of evil companions.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of
allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
Syn: Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction;
inveiglement; persuasion; inducement.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "enticement":
agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness,
bait, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment,
blandishment, cajolery, captivation, charisma, charm, charmingness,
coaxing, come-hither, come-on, decoy, enchantment, enthrallment,
entrapment, fascination, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour,
inducement, interest, inveiglement, invitation, lure, magnetism,
persuasion, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, sex appeal,
snare, snaring, soft soap, tantalization, temptation, trap,
wheedling, winning ways, winsomeness, witchery, wooing
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