INVEIGLING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

inveigling

verb

present participle of inveigle

as in persuading

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China has sought to capitalize on that opening, not necessarily by persuading countries to choose Beijing over Washington, but by making the choice less binary.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Realtors say higher interest rates on mortgages, combined with inflation more broadly, are persuading some people to put off buying homes.

— Maya Huter, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of persuading

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On November 5, 2006, the real Predator team was in Murphy, Texas, in hopes of luring Conradt via one of its traditional sting operations, with Schrack as the decoy.

— Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
And the inclusion of post-production work in the federal incentive language also could help California, as the state recently passed its own tax credit focused on luring back editing, sound mixing, composing and visual effects jobs.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of luring

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Adva Lavie, an OnlyFans model, already is facing criminal charges in Los Angeles County for allegedly seducing and stealing from rich men.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Still, with more than 40,000 industry jobs lost in the past few years, soundstages and vendor storefronts sitting empty, and lucrative overseas incentives seducing even more production away, things are bleak in town right now.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of seducing

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The package from Meta was enticing enough for Desai to give up his pay package and severance at MongoDB.

— Samantha Subin,Chris Eudaily, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
After Gerald’s Game (2017), Doctor Sleep (2019), and The Life of Chuck (2024) — and with The Mist on the way — there’s something enticing about Flanagan taking his cumulative knowledge of the author’s lexicon to revisit King’s very first novel.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of enticing

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The problem with this style is when our awareness of others comes at the cost of betraying ourselves.

— Joanna Horton McPherson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The same goes for the guys, who reveal new layers of complexity in the movie’s later scenes that deepen our perception of them without betraying or undercutting the ugliness that has come before.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of betraying

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