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tantalizing

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tan·ta·lize  (tnt-lz)
tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es
To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.
[From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus; see Tantalus.]
tanta·li·zation (-l-zshn) n.
tanta·lizer n.
tanta·lizing·ly adv.
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Adj.1.tantalizing - arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success"
tantalising
inviting - attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer"
2.tantalizing - very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"
tantalising, tempting
inviting - attractive and tempting; "an inviting offer"
Translations

tantalizing [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ] adj → tentador(a)
tantalizing [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ] adj [smell] → extrêmement appétissant(e); [offer] → terriblement tentant(e)
tantalizing [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ] adj [smell] → verführerisch; [possibility] → verlockend
tantalizing [ˈtæntəlaɪzɪŋ] adj → allettante


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It--well, read it yourself, and see if you, too, do not find food for frantic conjecture, for tantalizing doubts, and for a great hope.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
This done, I immediately sent for my Grandson; for, to confess the truth, I felt that all that I had seen and heard was in some strange way slipping away from me, like the image of a half-grasped, tantalizing dream, and I longed to essay my skill in making a first disciple.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
Where before I had had but a mild craving for food and drink, I now actually suffered for want of it, and all because of the tantalizing sight that I had had of food almost within my grasp.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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