baits
Tempts or taunts
Baits is the plural of bait—lures used to attract fish, animals, or people.
A tackle box holds various baits; a trap is set with baits.
The verb form means to entice or provoke: He baits his sister until she cries, The media baits politicians into gaffes.
Clickbait baits readers into clicking.
Thing that tempts
- hookCurved catching device
- wormsLimbless burrowing invertebrates
- minnowsTiny freshwater fish
- fliesWinged buzzing pests
tackle · chum · bobber · cast · angler · rod · reel · jigging
Thing that tempts
- enticementSomething that attracts
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
inducement · incentive · sweetener · persuasion · draw · attraction · appeal · provocation
Device for catching prey
- trapDevice for catching animals
- deadfallTrap using falling weight
- pitfallHidden danger or drawback
- nooseLoop that constricts
cage · glue · scent · poacher · ensnare · capture · hunter · predator
Insulting provocation
harass · mock · ridicule · insult · antagonize · rile · irritate · torment
False target for misdirection
- dummyLifelike substitute figure
- imitationCopy of the original
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- fakeNot the real thing
sham · counterfeit · red herring · smokescreen · ploy · ruse · distraction · diversion
lure
Thing that tempts
flies · tackle · chum · bobber · cast · angler · rod · reel · jigging · trolling
lure
Thing that tempts
- enticementSomething that attracts
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
allure · inducement · incentive · sweetener · persuasion · draw · attraction · appeal · provocation · forbidden
snare
Device for catching prey
noose · cage · glue · scent · poacher · ensnare · capture · hunter · predator · pest
taunt
Insulting provocation
needle · harass · mock · ridicule · insult · antagonize · rile · irritate · torment · heckle
decoy
False target for misdirection
fake · sham · counterfeit · red herring · smokescreen · ploy · ruse · distraction · diversion · misdirection
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, exterminator
- mocksmocks, teases, ridicules, taunts, jeers
- Agrochemicalsfertilizer, pesticides, pesticide, herbicides, herbicide
- wileswiles, guile, cunning, craftiness, slyness
baitsrepels
Drives back, resists
repulses · drives away · deters · discourages · wards off
- 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