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Definition of baiting : of Bait

Synonyms:

bemock, tease, rag, tantalise, rally, razz, twit, tantalize, ride, taunt, bait, cod, mock

infuriating, nagging, aggravating, needling, hassling, troubling, exacerbating, enraging, arousing, fretting, irking, exasperating, harassing, harrying, teasing, pestering, grating, chafing, vexing, upsetting, envenoming, annoying, tormenting, antagonizing, bedeviling, badgering, rankling, inflaming, perturbing, disturbing, discomposing, irritating, bothering, peeving

luring, decoying, tricking, trapping

Usage examples:

• He tried to remember the suggestions in the harassing days that followed; baiting Joe Billing becoming popular as a pastime from which no evil results need be feared. - "Project Gutenberg, Deep Waters, by W.W. Jacobs", W.W. Jacobs.
• They afford much sport to those inclined for such exercises; but the cruel practice of bear- baiting is discontinued. - "Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals", R. Lee.
• He first seized on Rawleigh more like the kinsman than the vice- admiral, and proposed travelling together to London, and baiting at the houses of the friends of Rawleigh. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)", Isaac Disraeli.