(BrE also tantalise) verb
[VN] to make a person or an animal want sth that they cannot have or do
tantalizing, tantalising adjective:
The tantalizing aroma of fresh coffee wafted towards them. * a tantalizing glimpse of the future
tantalizingly, tantalisingly adverb:
The branch was tantalizingly out of reach.
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of tantalize come from?
This entry for tantalize is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does tantalize appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — tantalize appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
