tantalization
Americannoun
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Colleges with no V12 windfall, with or without an A-12 tantalization, had the choice of supporting teams of 4-Fs and 17-year-olds or giving up.
From Time Magazine Archive
The main secret of Bulwer then reveals itself, like that of flirtation, to reside in the art of tantalization.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
‘I have faced tantalization these twenty years with a temper as mild as milk!’ said Japheth; ‘but such things as this don’t come short of devilry!’
From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas
There are few things more difficult to bear than what Scotch people so expressively term “tig-tire,” or excessive tantalization.
From As We Sweep Through The Deep by Stables, Gordon
Like many excellent people, he seemed possessed with a spirit of tantalization, which might easily, at a casual glance, be mistaken for malevolence.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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