siren song
Temptation toward ruin
A siren song is an appeal that attracts powerfully but leads to harm or destruction.
The phrase comes from Greek mythology, where sirens were creatures whose beautiful singing lured sailors to shipwreck on rocky coasts.
The term now applies to any dangerously seductive temptation: The siren song of easy money drew him into the scheme.
- enticementSomething that attracts
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- fatal attractionHarmful obsessive romantic pull
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- sweet nothingsAffectionate but meaningless utterances
femme fatale · deadly beauty · appeal · charm · Odysseus · decoy · entrapment · honeyed words · snare · call · Greek mythology · temptation · too good to be true · false promise · Circe · clarion call · bewitching · enchantment
- musicmusic, song, songs, singing, singer
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
- enticementsenticement, inducement, lure, allure, temptation
- sea lorekraken, mermaids, mermaid, sea serpent, sirens
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
siren songsafe harbor
Protected place for vessels
warning · lighthouse · beacon · alarm · safe passage
siren songwarning cry
Vocal danger signal
alarm bell · wake-up call · cautionary tale · deterrent · red flag