Antonyms for lure
lʊərlure

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1. lure

   To allure is to draw as with a lure by some charm or some prospect of pleasure or advantage. We may attract others to a certain thing without intent; as, the good unconsciously attract others to virtue. We may allure either to that which is evil or to that which is good and noble, by purpose and endeavor, as in the familiar line, "Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way," Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 170. Lure is rather more akin to the physical nature. It is the word we would use of drawing on an animal. Coax expresses the attraction of the person, not of the thing. A man may be coaxed to that which is by no means alluring. Cajole and decoy carry the idea of deceiving and ensnaring. To inveigle is to lead one blindly in. To tempt is to endeavor to lead one wrong; to seduce is to succeed in winning one from good to ill. Win may be used in either a bad or a good sense, in which latter it surpasses the highest sense of allure, because it succeeds in that which allure attempts; as, "He that winneth souls is wise," Prov. xi, 30.

   Antonyms:
   chill, damp, deter, dissuade, drive away, repel, warn

   Synonyms:
   allure, attract, cajole, captivate, coax, decoy, draw, entice, inveigle, seduce, tempt, win

   Preposition:
   Allure to a course; allure by hopes; allure from evil to good.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lurenoun

   Synonyms:
   allurement

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1. • Provoke

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. lure, enticement, come-onnoun

   qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

   Synonyms:
   hook, decoy, sweetener, temptation, bait, come-on, enticement

2. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetenernoun

   anything that serves as an enticement

   Synonyms:
   hook shot, draw, hook, sweetening, decoy, sweetener, claw, crotchet, bait, hooking, come-on, enticement

3. bait, decoy, lureverb

   something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed

   Synonyms:
   hook, decoy, steerer, sweetener, bait, come-on, enticement

4. entice, lure, temptverb

   provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

   "He lured me into temptation"

   Synonyms:
   allure, invite, influence, tempt, entice, charm

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1. lurenoun

   Synonyms:
   decoy, enticement, bait

2. lureverb

   Synonyms:
   entice, tempt, seduce, allure, decoy

How to use lure in a sentence?

1. Daryl Davis:

   When you've sat on that throne of power for hundreds of years and you see your throne legs being whittled down and now you're being lowered down to the level of the people that you consider inferior, it's really troubling and that's why you find a lot of these groups stepping up their recruitment efforts, and what they do is they use a legitimate topic in order to lure people in, the top of it being illegal immigration. That's the browning of America.

2. Ailsa Henderson:

   I don't think Labour are going to lure away any voters who have gone to the pro-independence SNP by being silent on the issue of the constitution.

3. Harry Holzer:

   If they're operating on tight margins, maybe they can't afford to raise wages to lure more workers.

4. Theresa Pierno:

   Through this administration's rule, such treasured lands will now allow sport hunters to lure bears with greased donut bait piles to kill them, or crawl into hibernating bear dens to shoot bears and cubs, shooting hibernating mama and baby bears is not the conservation legacy that our national parks are meant to preserve and no way to treat or manage park wildlife.

5. John Burroughs:

   The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

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