tempt

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to draw your attention and interest you
attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés.
drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000.
enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop.
lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread.
temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone.
seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attracting and tempting
affinity
allure
alluringly
arrest
attract
charisma
charm offensive
charm the pants off someoneidiom
chum
clickbait
glamour
honey trap
incentive
jump out at someone
modesty
tantalizingly
tempt
temptation
temptingly
tickle someone's fancyidiom

lure | American Dictionary

lure
noun[ C/U ]
us/lʊr/
anything that attracts people or animals, or the qualities that make something attractive:
[ U ]The lure of the city for creative people has existed for centuries.
A lure is an object used to attract fish or wild animals in order to catch them.
lure
verb[ T ]
us/lʊr/
to attract a person or animal:
The university hopes to lure a new coach with an attractive salary package.

lure | Business English

lure
verb[ T ]
uk /lʊər/us
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something they would like to have:
lure sb with sthSupermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts.
lure sb away (from sth)He was lured away from the US retailer by a French cosmetics company.
lure
noun[ S ]
uk /lʊər/us
the quality or power that something has that attracts people:
the lure of fame/money/wealthHe could not resist the lure of easy money.

Examples of lure

lure
However, the present study indicates that even synthetic chemical lures, such as swormlure, may vary in attractiveness over time.
Four-day-old males were not attracted by lures or visual cues alone, while they are attracted by lures presented with asparagus odours.
Traps were visited weekly to remove moths and replenish water and detergent with pheromone lures renewed every four to five weeks.
Once independence was achieved, the unions were left weak, and were further weakened when a number of key officials were lured into government.
To effect the breakthroughs that are so important in cosmic history, it took a lot of luring!
Having lured him home to take advantage of his worldwide scientific reputation, the authorities seemed to be content with that.
People who don't think much of the potential hazards that human cloning holds will be lured into it for the money.
Words such as 'fruit' (non-presented word heading list of free-associates) are called "critical lures".
The gold diggers were lured by the prospect of making a fortune.
Codling moth: male moth activity in response to pheromone lures and pheromone-baited traps at different elevations within and between trees.
He chides grammarians for abandoning their mission to describe language and succumbing instead to the lures of linguistic engineering and grammatical prescription.
Conspiratorial theories were the rage as arsenal managers blamed the immoral practices of other industrialists for luring their workers.
Pent-up demand and rising earnings formed the basis on which instalment conditions for now considerably cheaper radios lured the buyers.
We may be lured and at first charmed by the complexity of form, but even the seemingly static and simple may speak to us.
Rather, they may collectively help explain the ecological and evolutionary significance of dacine lures.
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