enticing

adjective

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: arousing strong attraction or interest : alluring

an enticing aroma

an enticing menu

an enticing opportunity/possibility

Some of the most enticing food on the menu is in the "little bite" section, more than a dozen appetizers priced from $5 to $11 per plate.

—Aleta Watson

… the books that would give him a taste of the knowledge which was more enticing to his wide-awake young mind than clothes and food to his poor little body.

—Louisa May Alcott

enticingly adverb

an enticingly aromatic dish

… this program enticingly acquaints students with the features and potential of microcomputers.

—Booklist

He looked on her, his bright, healthy, enticingly beautiful daughter, and wondered what was going to become of her.

—Theodore Dreiser

enticingness noun

We shall seek to be frugal with our sweet possessions, though their enticingness quite leads us astray …

—Emily Dickinson

Examples of enticing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The opportunity before him in 2024 is certainly enticing and encouraging, the Chargers looking to their younger wideouts for production. —Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024

But rather than being an enticing factor for shoppers, these loyalty programs are instead being canceled out by competitors that have essentially introduced the same programs. —Fortune Editors, Fortune, 4 June 2024

In 2009, somebody called the Telegraph offices with an enticing offer. —Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024

Harnessing the power of the sun in space is certainly an enticing idea. —IEEE Spectrum, 1 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1553, in the meaning defined above