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Anglista2008 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Enticing, alluring, tantalizing

Howdy,

I'd like to ask about these three synonyms: enticing, alluring, tantalizing. Is there a big difference between them? Can they be used intercheably? I'm particularly interested in using one of them in the following sentence:



As far as the (post)apocalyptic subgnere is concerned the prospect of applying a stuructural analysis is tantalizing/enticing/alluring....
  

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Enticing means to lure. The enticing thing actively draws you in. ' Tantalizing is akin to taunting.

— Cwtch

  • Enticing means to lure.
  • The enticing thing actively draws you in.
  • ' Tantalizing is akin to taunting.
  • You are shown something with the intent to make you want it.
  • Yet, it is kept out of your reach.
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Enticing means to lure. The enticing thing actively draws you in. 'She was enticing to him in her white ruffled sundress, smiling and batting her eyelashes.'

Tantalizing is akin to taunting. You are shown something with the intent to make you want it. Yet, it is kept out of your reach. This restraint could be physical, cultural, social or psychological.

'She was tantalizi
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I can hardly see the difference between those three... besides, my dictionary says that they all mean "attractive" or "seducing"

Thanks
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en·ticed, en·tic·ing, en·tic·es
EOF_SUBHEAD>BOF_DEF>To attract by arousing hope or desire; lure: The promise of higher pay enticed me into the new job. See Synonyms at lure.



Tantalizing

adj

having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, esp. that which remains
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