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Definition of tantalize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tantalize

verb

NAmE//ˈtæntlˌaɪz//

tantalize somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they tantalize

he / she / it tantalizes

past simple tantalized

-ing form tantalizing

to make a person or an animal want something that they cannot have or do

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tantalizing

adjective The tantalizing aroma of fresh coffee wafted toward them. a tantalizing glimpse of the future

tantalizingly

adverb The branch was tantalizingly out of reach.See tantalize in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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