What is the meaning of tempting?

verb

• Dispose or incline or entice to.
  • usage: "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"
  • synonyms: tempt, allure
• Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.
  • usage: "He lured me into temptation"
  • synonyms: entice, lure, tempt
• Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.
  • usage: "the window displays tempted the shoppers"
  • synonyms: tempt, invite
• Induce into action by using one's charm.
  • usage: "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
  • synonyms: charm, influence, tempt
• Try to seduce.
  • synonyms: tempt
• Try presumptuously.
  • usage: "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
  • synonyms: tempt

adjective

• Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.
  • usage: "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"
  • synonyms: alluring, beguiling, enticing
• Very pleasantly inviting.
  • usage: "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
  • synonyms: tantalizing, tantalising