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baitnoun something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trapcheese is the traditional bait for trapping mice decoy, lure ambush, net, traphook, snare, trollplug, scent, spinner, stool pigeonappeal, attraction, call, draw, incentive, pullenticement, seducement, seduction, temptationentanglement, entrapment repellent(also repellant) something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gainthe promise of free vacation is surefire bait to get people to agree to be chaperones for school trips allurement, come-on, enticement, lure, siren song, temptation, turn-on appeal, callattraction, boost, encouragement, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, persuasion, seducement, seduction, spur, stimulusdecoy, snare, trapentrapment, mousetrap alarm(also alarum), alert, caution, forewarning, notice, warning baitverbto attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insultsI wished the candidates would stop baiting each other and instead address the real issues hassle, haze, heckle, needle, ride, taunt, tease deride, gibe(or jibe), jeer, mock, ridiculeannoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, fret, frost, gall, get, gnaw (at), grate, gripe, hack (off), hagride, irk, irritate, itch, nag, nark(British), nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, trouble, vexaggravate, exasperate, goad, test, tryaggrieve, agitate, bedevil, beleaguer, discomfort, disturb, perturbbadger, dog, houndbrowbeat, bully, hectorharass, harry, persecute, plague, terrorize, torment, torture make game of, pick on to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantagethe investment scheme cunningly baits the greedy and the unscrupulous allure, beguile, betray, decoy, entice, lead on, lure, seduce, solicit, tempt draw in, inveigle, persuade, rope (in), snowcatch, enmesh(also immesh), ensnare, entrap, mesh, snare, tangle, trapbewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, magnetize, wile alert, caution, forewarn, ward (off), warndrive (away or off), repulse, turn away v.bait, badger, heckle, hector, chivy, hound mean to harass by efforts to break down.bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim.baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy.badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker.drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering.football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging.chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing.hounded by creditors in the 13th century |