tantalizing
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tlˌaɪ adjective
having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach: a tantalizing taste of success.
Related forms
tan·ta·liz·ing·ly, adverb
un·tan·ta·liz·ing, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used with object), tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing.
to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
Also, especially British, tan·ta·lise.
Related forms
tan·ta·li·za·tion, noun
tan·ta·liz·er, noun
un·tan·ta·lized, adjective
Synonyms
provoke, taunt, tempt; frustrate.
provoke, taunt, tempt; frustrate.
Antonyms
satisfy.
satisfy.
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tantalize or tantalise (ˈtæntəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to tease or make frustrated, as by tormenting with the sight of something greatly desired but inaccessible | |
| [C16: from the punishment of | |
| tantalise or tantalise | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: from the punishment of | |
| tantali'zation or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| tantali'sation or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| 'tantalizer or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| 'tantaliser or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| 'tantalizing or tantalise | |
| —adj | |
| 'tantalising or tantalise | |
| —adj | |
| 'tantalizingly or tantalise | |
| —adv | |
| 'tantalisingly or tantalise | |
| —adv | |
| tantalize or tantalise (ˈtæntəˌlaɪz) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to tease or make frustrated, as by tormenting with the sight of something greatly desired but inaccessible | |
| [C16: from the punishment of | |
| tantalise or tantalise | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: from the punishment of | |
| tantali'zation or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| tantali'sation or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| 'tantalizer or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| 'tantaliser or tantalise | |
| —n | |
| 'tantalizing or tantalise | |
| —adj | |
| 'tantalising or tantalise | |
| —adj | |
| 'tantalizingly or tantalise | |
| —adv | |
| 'tantalisingly or tantalise | |
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Word Origin & History
tantalize
1590s, from L. Tantalus, from Gk. Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried
to eat or drink. His story was known to Chaucer (c.1369).
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Example sentences
Still, the glutamate system can give us a tantalizing glimpse.
The often truncated fragments that survive can be tantalizing.
At the same time, he refused to explicate the tantalizing scratches, letters and crosses that seemed to offer the viewer a text.
Happily, the scientific method gives some tools to get some tantalizing glimpses of her incredible complexity and sublime beauty.
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