siren call
Seductive fatal beckoning
A siren call is an appeal that attracts powerfully but leads to harm or ruin.
The phrase comes from Greek mythology, where sirens lured sailors to their deaths with irresistible singing.
The metaphor applies to anything dangerously seductive: the siren call of easy money, the siren call of fame.
Also siren song.
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- false promisePledge made insincerely
- enticementSomething that attracts
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- sweet nothingsAffectionate but meaningless utterances
seductive · Lorelei · attraction · Odysseus · beckoning · irresistible · danger · succumb · point of no return · appeal · downfall · femme fatale · deadly beauty · bewitching · fatal · charm · whisper · rocks
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
- enticementsenticement, inducement, lure, allure, temptation
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness
- sirensLorelei, enchantresses, lure, enchantment, captivation
- criescry, scream, shout, yell, wail
- trapstrap, bear trap, mousetrap, rat trap, ant trap
siren callwarning
Alert about danger
alarm · alert · cautionary tale · wake-up call · danger signal
siren calldeterrent
Thing that discourages action
dissuasion · discouragement · word to the wise · moral compass · conscience
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