courted
Sought someone's favor
Courted is the past tense of court, meaning to seek someone's favor or affection.
Traditionally it describes romantic pursuit: He courted her for two years before proposing.
More broadly, to court is to try to win over or attract: The candidate courted union voters, She courted controversy with her remarks.
To court danger or disaster is to invite it through reckless behavior.
One who seeks affection
- admirerOne who esteems another
- wooedSought someone's affection
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
affection · proposal · engagement · betrothal · love · charm · gallantry · amour
Attempted to find
- wooedSought someone's affection
- pursuedWent after persistently
- chasedFollowed to catch
- solicitedAsked for purposefully
entreated · cultivated · attracted · enticed · lured · beckoned · invited · approached
Asked for purposefully
- recruitedBrought into service
- wooedSought someone's affection
- pitchedTossed or angled
- negotiatedReached terms through discussion
partnership · deal · contract · investor · client · sponsor · endorsement · acquisition
Inclined to yield
- flirtedBehaved amorously without seriousness
- invitedFormally asked to attend
- provokedCaused a reaction
- riskedExposed to danger
dared · challenged · gambling · reckless · brinkmanship · danger · disaster · controversy
Called to appear
- subpoenaedLegally compelled to appear
- arraignedFormally charged in court
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
judge · magistrate · jurisdiction · witness · testimony · plaintiff · defendant · proceedings
suitor
One who seeks affection
flirtation · affection · proposal · engagement · betrothal · love · charm · gallantry · amour · infatuation
sought
Attempted to find
solicited · entreated · cultivated · attracted · enticed · lured · beckoned · invited · approached · petitioned
solicited
Asked for purposefully
negotiated · partnership · deal · contract · investor · client · sponsor · endorsement · acquisition · merger
tempted
Inclined to yield
- flirtedBehaved amorously without seriousness
- invitedFormally asked to attend
- provokedCaused a reaction
risked · dared · challenged · gambling · reckless · brinkmanship · danger · disaster · controversy · scandal
summoned
Called to appear
- subpoenaedLegally compelled to appear
- arraignedFormally charged in court
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
hearing · judge · magistrate · jurisdiction · witness · testimony · plaintiff · defendant · proceedings · injunction
- fawnedgroveled, kowtowed, toadied, flattered, curried favor
- paired rolesmentor, protege, master, apprentice, teacher
- won overconvinced, persuaded, swayed, coaxed, influenced
courtedignored
Purposely not noticed
neglected · disregarded · snubbed · overlooked · shunned
- food courtCommunal mall dining area
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- tennis courtNet-bisected playing rectangle
- in courtDuring legal proceedings
- basketball courtRectangular hoops playing surface
- courtroom testimonySworn statements in trial
court, courts, courtyard, courtship, courting, courthouse, courtly, courtroom, courtier