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

If true, this pairing would be especially enticing considering Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T share a mutual foe: Drake. —Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2025

Read: How people with dementia make sense of the world The idea of a voice assistant that could reconnect my father to his online world is enticing. —Talia Barrington, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025

Most enticing, there was a palpable impression of confidence in the storytelling, a calm self-assuredness underneath the superficial oddities. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025

As diners drink less and bills get shorter, a more enticing finale may help to plug that gap. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1553, in the meaning defined above