[tan-tl-ahyz] 
| to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed. |
| tan·ta·lize (tān'tə-līz') tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. [From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus; see Tantalus.] tan'ta·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n., tan'ta·liz'er n., tan'ta·liz'ing·ly adv. |
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