luring

Tempting with bait

Luring is drawing someone or something toward you, typically through enticement or deception.

The word carries a sense of temptation—you lure with bait, promises, or attractive offers: luring customers with discounts, luring fish to the surface.

What's lured rarely benefits from the encounter.

fishing

bait

Lure for prey

  • hookCurved catching device
  • anglerOne who casts lines
  • castPerformers, throw, or splint

reel · fly-fishing · spinner · jig · crankbait · minnow · worm · chum · bobber · tackle

seduction

tempting

Arousing desire or interest

bewitching · tantalizing · provocative · sultry · sensual · siren · irresistible · come-hither · flirtatious · coquettish

deception

trap

Device for catching animals

  • snareDevice for catching prey
  • decoyFalse target for misdirection
  • ambushSurprise strike from concealment

entrapment · ruse · ploy · stratagem · honeypot · bait-and-switch · con · scam · swindle · scheme

attraction

appeal

Formal review request

pull · fascination · enticement · captivation · enchantment · interest · desirability · invitation · charisma · gravity

manipulation

coercion

Pressured compliance through threats

predatory · recruitment · inducement · persuasion · brainwashing · cult · propaganda · radicalization · trafficking · catfishing

Categories
Opposites
attraction vs. repulsion

luringrepelling

Pushing away forcefully

repulsing · driving away · pushing away · deterring · disgusting

enticement vs. deterrence

luringrepelling

Pushing away forcefully

repulsing · driving away · deterring · discouraging · dissuading

enticement vs deterrence

luringdeterring

Preventing through fear

discouraging · dissuading · cautioning · preventing · hindering

Family

alluring, alluringly

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG