tantalize
verb (used with object)
to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
tantalise
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a variation of
tantalize.
Example Sentences
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Davison also recalled something that would tantalise horror fans today.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Those kind of numbers continue to tantalise everyone that sees the sport having a real and profitable future across the Atlantic.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
Because they are humans, not fembots put on this planet purely to tantalise you.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2016
Publicists have been releasing a drip-drip of information over several months in what appears to be a strategy to tantalise fans, although commercial success for the venture looks extremely likely regardless of any marketing efforts.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2015
There are hints scattered through his poems that startlingly supplement the vague clues which now tantalise and baffle as we trace the story of Antinous in Hadrian's villa.
From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
