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
So while England might have already qualified, there’s still plenty to tantalise the senses.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2015
Rowan will be fired soon, so I'm not going to tantalise you with his square jaw and the questing sadness in his eyes.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2013
I’m weary of it; and if you only knew what a terrible disappointment it is to me when I awake and don’t find you there, you wouldn’t tantalise me so.
From Charlie to the Rescue by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
