sucked in
Drawn into deception
Sucked in describes being drawn into something—physically, emotionally, or mentally.
Air gets sucked in through a vent; a person gets sucked in by a compelling story or a bad investment scheme.
In Australian and New Zealand slang, it's an exclamation gloating over someone's misfortune: You failed your test? Sucked in!
- inhaledDrew into lungs
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- absorbedTook in fully
- entrancedFilled with wonder
- mesmerizedHeld in rapt attention
drawn in · hypnotized · lost in thought · embroiled · draw · engrossed · enthralled · duped · deceived · fell for it · entangled · fooled · quicksand · ensnared · implicated · lured · vortex · trapped
sucked inskeptical
Inclined to question claims
unconvinced · wise to it · suspicious · discerning · wary
sucked inexpelled
Officially removed or banished
pushed out · blown out · spat out · ejected · spit out
sucked indetached
Apart or uninvolved
disengaged · uninvolved · tuned out · indifferent · uninterested
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