tantalize
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tantalized, past participle; tantalized, past tense; tantalising, present participle; tantalizes, 3rd person singular present; tantalises, 3rd person singular present; tantalised, past tense; tantalizing, present participle; tantalised, past participle;
/ˈtantlˌīz/,
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tantalized, past participle; tantalized, past tense; tantalising, present participle; tantalizes, 3rd person singular present; tantalises, 3rd person singular present; tantalised, past tense; tantalizing, present participle; tantalised, past participle;
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Torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable
- - such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers
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Excite the senses or desires of (someone)
- - she still tantalized him
- - the tantalizing fragrance of fried bacon
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- tease: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
- (tantalization) tease: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
- Tantalus (Greek Τάνταλος) was the ruler of an ancient western Anatolian city called either under his name, as "Tantalis", "the city of Tantalus", or as "Sipylus", in reference to Mount Sipylus at the foot of which his city was located and whose ruins were reported to be still visible in the ...
- to tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach; to bait (someone) by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
- (tantalization) The act of tantalizing
- by Cynthia Leitich Smith (2007) (upper teen fiction)