enticing

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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

enticing

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present participle of entice

Examples of enticing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Anna, the film suggests, admires her husband warts and all, perhaps because there’s an enticing authenticity in all his inadequacies and brutish ways. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

But perhaps the most enticing is its spotlight sale on Jamaica, with The Great Jamaica Comeback Sale, offering up to $1,500 in instant resort credit and up to $350 in air credit. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Dog-watching, already one of Central Park’s top attractions, is about to get a little more enticing. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

As such, designer Diane Luna says this fresh and enticing green is ready to take the fall season by storm. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1553, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for enticing

• sufficing
• deicing
• dicing
• icing
• pricing
• slicing
• splicing
• sacrificing
• satisficing