different between exhilarating vs tempting

exhilarating

English

Verb

exhilarating

  1. present participle of exhilarate

Adjective

exhilarating (comparative more exhilarating, superlative most exhilarating)

  1. Refreshingly thrilling.

Synonyms

  • exhilarant
  • cheering
  • gladdening
  • stimulating
  • enlivening
  • See also Thesaurus:blissful

Translations

Further reading

  • exhilarating in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • exhilarating in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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tempting

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?t?mp.t??/

Adjective

tempting (comparative more tempting, superlative most tempting)

  1. Attractive, appealing, enticing.
  2. Seductive, alluring, inviting.

Translations

Verb

tempting

  1. present participle of tempt

Noun

tempting (plural temptings)

  1. The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.
    • 1646, William Bridge, On Temptation (sermon)
      If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?

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