Antonyms for luring
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : loor |
| Phonetic Transcription : lʊər |
Definition of luring
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.
- adj seductive
- Step by step she was luring him away from the security of his human companionship.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Now they are using the gold as a bait, and luring him up here.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- Stephen was powerless to forsake the depressing, luring subject.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Would it not have been better, while he was about it, to claim boldly that he was luring us on?
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920 » by Various
- By luring a Gern cruiser here and then taking it away from them.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- Is this the brigand of whom I have read, and is he luring me to his haunt?
- Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
- They showed especial strategy in luring the foe into ambush.
- Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
- Their heights and their unattainableness, and yet the luring of us onward and upward.
- Extract from : « Scenic Mount Lowe and Its Wonderful Railway » by George Wharton James
- "I wonder what they were going to do with them," my father said, luring me on.
- Extract from : « The Chronicles of Rhoda » by Florence Tinsley Cox
- The torch was luring her on, and yet now, for an instant, she was conscious of holding back.
- Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
Synonyms for luring
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