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siren song

NOUN
inveiglement
Synonyms
WEAK
allurement ambush appeal attraction bait bribe call camouflage carrot come-on con game decoy delusion draw enticement fake gimmick hook illusion incentive inducement invitation magnet mousetrap pull seducement seduction sitting duck snare sweetener temptation tout trap trick
NOUN
lure
Synonyms
STRONG
allurement ambush appeal attraction bribe call camouflage carrot come-on decoy delusion draw enticement fake gimmick hook illusion incentive inducement invitation magnet mousetrap pull seduction snare sweetener temptation tout trap trick
WEAK
con game inveiglement seducement sitting duck
Antonyms
STRONG
certainty discouragement fact hindrance reality repulsion
WEAK
deterrent warning

Example Sentences

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Even as Chinatown’s energy has ebbed and flowed, food has been a steady siren song.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Raw carrot sticks are unbeatable, but I know the siren song of tortilla chips is sometimes too much to resist.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

International competition has always been a siren song for baseball, which is one of the reasons the World Baseball Classic was created in 2006.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

I’d long resisted the siren song of the quantified, optimized self, and I was cynical about trading privacy and personal data for personalized insights.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2023

On the other hand, the sounds made by certain wood-boring insects enable their parasites to find them, and to the male mosquito the wing- beat of the female is a siren song.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson