Synonyms of baiting

baiting 1 of 2

adjective

as in mocking

Related Words

• mocking
• taunting
• ridiculing
• needling
• heckling
• derisive
• jeering
• deriding
• hassling
• derisory
• sarcastic
• joking
• bandying
• kidding
• contemptuous
• razzing
• bantering
• fooling
• scornful
• rallying
• quipping
• quizzical
• joshing
• disdainful
• jesting
• ribbing
• chaffing
• funning

baiting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bait

1

as in taunting

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

I wished the candidates would stop baiting each other and instead address the real issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taunting
• teasing
• mocking
• bothering
• heckling
• needling
• ridiculing
• riding
• hassling
• hazing
• torturing
• annoying
• making game of
• picking on
• plaguing
• irritating
• trying
• pestering
• goading
• jeering
• deriding
• bullying
• testing
• riling
• badgering
• gibing
• bugging
• harassing
• nettling
• troubling
• spiting
• hounding
• dogging
• tormenting
• itching
• aggravating
• disturbing
• griping
• exasperating
• burning (up)
• agitating
• irking
• grating
• nagging
• ruffling
• vexing
• galling
• hacking (off)
• chafing
• piquing
• persecuting
• gnawing (at)
• narking
• fretting
• perturbing
• frosting
• browbeating
• getting
• bedeviling
• hectoring
• putting out
• terrorizing
• harrying
• rasping
• discomforting
• beleaguering
• peeving
• hagriding
• aggrieving

2

as in tempting

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

the investment scheme cunningly baits the greedy and the unscrupulous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tempting
• luring
• seducing
• persuading
• enticing
• decoying
• betraying
• soliciting
• trapping
• leading on
• alluring
• beguiling
• fascinating
• snaring
• entrapping
• drawing in
• enchanting
• inveigling
• ensnaring
• snowing
• meshing
• catching
• tangling
• roping (in)
• enmeshing
• charming
• captivating
• magnetizing
• bewitching
• wiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warning
• alerting
• cautioning
• warding (off)
• driving (away or off)
• turning away
• forewarning
• repulsing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of baiting

Verb

But Jabareen added that the Joint List would demand the government stop race-baiting and demonizing the country’s Arab population. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

The Islamophobic baiting scams identified by researchers operate in the overlapping spheres of right-wing politics, cryptocurrency and conspiratorial belief. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Some songs are difficult to follow without lyric sheets in hand, and even then, the internal logic collapses, baiting you in with coherent ideas before going in another direction. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026

Ultron has spent the whole series standing in the wings and baiting Vision, challenging his decisions and beliefs. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

In Pakistan, Choudhary told me, the workforce of the author-baiting scams is largely made up of high-school and university graduates. — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026

But someone needs to jar Bell's memory and adjust his grasp of facts to get him off this race-baiting narrative. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Our top picks include the second season of a stylish video game spin-off anime and an Emmy-baiting prestige drama. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

It may be overlooked, considering how comfortable Suzuki appears when carrying out Unai Emery’s ploy of his backline baiting an opponent’s press, but at Parma, he was required to kick mostly long. — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026