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tantalizing

[tan-tl-ahy-zing]

adjective

  1. having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach.

    a tantalizing taste of success.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • tantalizingly adverb
  • untantalizing adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tantalizing1

First recorded in 1650–60; tantalize + -ing 2
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For Chadwick and other researchers, frequent eruptions offer the tantalizing opportunity to predict volcanic eruptions weeks to months in advance — something that’s very difficult to do with other volcanoes.

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Why 17 kids left their homes at precisely the same time early one morning is the film’s tantalizing question.

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One of my latest obsessions tantalizing my taste buds and absolutely glorifying the best of spring flavors is Green Garden Pea Dip.

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Escanuela’s crisis was detected not by a person but a predictive statistical model that was developed to solve a conundrum that has made homelessness prevention a tantalizing but underused strategy.

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The sign features a tantalizing photograph of the officially inaccessible Mossbrae Falls along with a QR code that allows people to donate using their phones.

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