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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tan-tl-ahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn tlˌaɪz |
Definition of tantalize
Origin :- 1590s, from Latin Tantalus, from Greek Tantalos, king of Phrygia, son of Zeus, punished in the afterlife (for an offense variously given) by being made to stand in a river up to his chin, under branches laden with fruit, all of which withdrew from his reach whenever he tried to eat or drink. His story was known to Chaucer (c.1369).
- verb provoke, tease
- I was disposed to tantalize my pursuer, and wear out his men.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- I caught a bit and a glimpse at a distance—just enough to tantalize me.
- Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray
- He would not only draw the warriors on, but he would annoy and tantalize them.
- Extract from : « The Eyes of the Woods » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Campbell: "To tantalize me with your loveliness, your beauty, your grace, Amy!"
- Extract from : « Five O'Clock Tea » by W. D. Howells
- Has He, can He have created these unquenchable longings only to tantalize them?
- Extract from : « Union And Communion » by J. Hudson Taylor
- On the 27th, at daylight, a vessel was seen in the offing, as if to tantalize us.
- Extract from : « The Story of John G. Paton » by James Paton
- But is not this to tantalize us by ordering us to do what we cannot do?
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua » by William Garden Blaikie
- They were allowed enough to tantalize but not to satisfy them.
- Extract from : « Woman in Prison » by Caroline H. Woods
- You forbid me to tantalize you with an invitation to Weston, and yet you invite me to Eartham!
- Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
- And yet, when the tarts were divided among ten girls you just got enough to tantalize you.
- Extract from : « Anne Of Green Gables » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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