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Synonyms for tantalizing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tan-tl-ahy-zing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn tlˌaɪ zɪŋ |
Définition of tantalizing
Origin :- mid-17c., present participle adjective from tantalize. Related: Tantalizingly.
- adj enticing
- Academy: As tantalizing a problem as was ever bound in cloth.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- His wife's fine indifference was tantalizing, also instructive.
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- The voice was almost as familiar to him as was his own, and yet it persisted in tantalizing his memory.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- I knew of nothing in the fishing game as tantalizing and despairing as this sight.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- It had a familiar, tantalizing taste but he couldn't quite put a taste-finger on it.
- Extract from : « Acid Bath » by Vaseleos Garson
- There was the tantalizing feeling that I was on the verge of knowing at least something.
- Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
- The recollection was as tantalizing as an itch; but he couldn't locate its source.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- But how could she, when he was so tantalizing, mean and sly?
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- To be near a destination and yet unable to enter the port was most tantalizing!
- Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
- Adolphine was heedless and forgetful to a tantalizing degree.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
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