Antonyms for lure


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : loor
Phonetic Transcription : lʊər


Definition of lure

Origin :
  • early 14c., "something which allures or entices, an attraction" (a figurative use), also "bait for recalling hawks," from Anglo-French lure, Old French loirre "device used to recall hawks, lure," from Frankish *loþr or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *lothran "to call" (cf. Middle High German luoder, Middle Low German loder "lure, bait," German Luder "lure, deceit, bait;" also Old English laþian "to call, invite," German laden).
  • Originally a bunch of feathers on a long cord, from which the hawk is fed during its training. Used of means of alluring other animals (especially fish) from c.1700. Technically, bait is something the animal can eat; lure is a more general term. Also in 15c. a collective word for a group of young women.
  • noun bait
  • verb attract, seduce
Example sentences :
  • Much has been said concerning the efficacy of the Water Fly as a lure.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • Here, they are brazenly advertised as "afternoon teas" to lure the unwary.
  • Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
  • But by degrees he was once more ensnared by the lure of the gaming table.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Better still, if I could throw temptation in his way, and lure him on to rob me.
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • All sorts of deceptions are used to lure folk into the mountain gorges.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • What need was there for him to lure me into his heaven to feed horses?
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • I had felt the lure of her personality; there was not one of us on board the Ertak who had not.
  • Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • Nana was being tempted by the jingle of cash and the lure of adventure on the streets.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • To this spot, no doubt, he had all along intended to lure his victim.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • The attraction of beauty is not the only lure by which a creature may win its mate.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

Synonyms for lure

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