INVEIGLING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

inveigling

verb

present participle of inveigle

as in persuading

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Zoox successfully navigated the regulations by persuading the NHTSA to allow temporary permission.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026
This broader strategy also helps explain why persuading countries to avoid Chinese AI will likely prove considerably more difficult than Washington’s earlier campaign against Huawei and ZTE.

— Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of persuading

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After a shaky 2025, Chipotle is successfully luring customers back — even with spiking gas prices and other higher costs pressuring dining budgets.

— Amelia Lucas,Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 29 July 2026
The young women acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Definition of luring

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The young women acted as underground assassins, seducing Nazi officers, luring them into the woods and killing them.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026

Definition of seducing

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Instead, the Rays used a less-enticing package to get Freddy Peralta from the New York Mets.

— John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2026
Favorite examples include installing mirrors in elevators and enticing customers to tolerate waits with the promise of free goods or services.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of enticing

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One of the spirits was Sinon, who was upset with Odysseus for betraying him and not telling him the Trojan Horse plan.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
In Homer’s poem, they’re accused of betraying Odysseus’ household by serving — and, in some cases, sleeping with — the suitors courting Penelope.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 July 2026

Definition of betraying

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