Enticement

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enticement
       n 1: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce [syn: {temptation}]
       2: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of
          reward [syn: {lure}, {come-on}]
       3: the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his
          enticements were shameless" [syn: {temptation}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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