What is another word for baiting someone? Another word for baiting someone includes provoking, taunting, teasing, goading, luring, enticing, trapping, inciting, prodding, instigating, and trolling. In context of provoking reaction, provoking or taunting is close synonym, as baiting involves deliberately provoking emotional response. Goading means provoking with annoyance to get reaction. Luring and enticing mean attracting with bait. Teasing means mocking to provoke. Trolling in online context means posting inflammatory content to provoke reactions, similar to baiting. In fishing context, chumming or luring. So synonyms depend on context: for provoking person, provoking, taunting, goading, prodding, instigating are synonyms, while for attracting with bait, luring, enticing, tempting are synonyms. Baiting someone often implies manipulative provocation to elicit reaction, so provoking or taunting captures intent.
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