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
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
He is extravagant in his gestures, flaunting the food to his computer camera to tantalise the viewers.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2015
In the cold, hard analysis, Gascoigne did underachieve but in a city of romantics, his capacity to tantalise arguably enhanced his legend.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2012
The obstacles in his way, however, seemed to increase as circumstances combined to fret and tantalise his hopes.
From Banked Fires by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
