tantalize

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  1. transitive verb To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.

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  • They tease tickle and tantalize, try it and you won't ever want a "plain" guy again. —  Welcome to the Frontpage
  • But while images of fresh produce tantalize, gardening can be hard work. —  Agriculture Observatory
  • Those images of the new South Ferry subway terminal will have to tantalize us for another few months: The new station, which was supposed to open this month, needs a little more work because, the NY Times reports, "the gap between the platform and the trains exceeds the three-inch maximum allowed by federal regulations guaranteeing access to mass transit to people with disabilities." —  Gothamist
  • To this end, some planters even resorted to asinine tactics like prying under the huts of workers to eavesdrop on private conversations, later using the information thus obtained to tantalize the workers. —  Bisaya Bloggers
  • Leonidas General Assortment … with a well balanced and representative selection of Leonidas 'fresh butter creams, sinfully smooth truffles and delectable pralines, there is sure to be something in this assortment to please everybody, and is guaranteed to tantalize even the most discerning [...] —  RO.RSS
 

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tantalize:   tantalizing ·  tantalized
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus; see Tantalus.

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  1. = French tantaliser; with suffix -ize, from Latin Tantalus, from Greek Τάνταλος, in mythology, son of Zeus and father of Pelops and Niobe, who, as a punishment for revealing the secrets of the gods, was condemned to stand in Tartarus up to his chin in water under a loaded fruit-tree, the fruit and water retreating whenever he sought to satisfy hunger or thirst.
 

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/ˈtæntəlaɪz/
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