baited
Set to tempt
Baited describes something fitted with bait to attract prey: a baited hook, a baited trap.
By extension, baited can mean lured or enticed: He walked right into the baited question.
The phrase with baited breath is a common misspelling of "bated breath," where bated (from abate) means held or restrained.
Curved catching device
Mocked to provoke
- goadedIncited to action
- antagonizedActively turned against
- heckledVerbally disrupted a speaker
- mockedRidiculed or scorned
ridiculed · teased · harassed · badgered · jeered · needled · insulted · riled
Attracted by enticement
- temptedInclined to yield
- enticedDrew toward with appeal
- seducedLed astray romantically
- trappedUnable to escape
deceived · ensnared · drawn in · hooked · suckered · conned · duped · manipulated
State of awaiting something
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
hook
Curved catching device
cast · reel · tackle · bobber · lure · worm · minnow · chum · rod · net
taunted
Mocked to provoke
- goadedIncited to action
- antagonizedActively turned against
- heckledVerbally disrupted a speaker
mocked · ridiculed · teased · harassed · badgered · jeered · needled · insulted · riled · trolled
lured
Attracted by enticement
trapped · deceived · ensnared · drawn in · hooked · suckered · conned · duped · manipulated · tricked
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
tension · anxious · eager · held · nervous · edge · excitement
- take the baitAccept a deceptive offer
- click baitSensationalized content for traffic
- bait and switchFraudulent sales tactic
- cutting baitAbandoning a failing pursuit
- live baitLiving creature attracting fish
- fish or cut baitUltimatum to the hesitant