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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But succumbing to the siren song of salt, I left my packed lunch at home to give it a whirl and find out what regularly eating too much salt is doing to our health.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

But "we mustn't give in to this siren song," warned Bernard Jullien, an automotive industry specialist at the University of Bordeaux.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Washington, having spurned a crown himself, recognized the siren song that could bewitch even ostensibly democratic leaders, particularly in polities where checks on power are easily subverted.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2025

At the bottom of the Depression, when wrenching need narrowed the parameters of experience as never before, the liberation offered by the racehorse was, to young men like Pollard and Woolf, a siren song.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

siren song

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