tantalized
past simple and past participle oftantalize
tantalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallytantalise)uk/ˈtæn.təl.aɪz/us/ˈtæn.ə.laɪz/to make someonefeelexcitedorattractedby anofferor asuggestionof something that is, infact,unlikelytohappen
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dangle
teaseverb
Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- alluringly
- arrest
- attract
- charisma
- charm offensive
- charm the pants offsomeoneidiom
- chum
- clickbait
- honey trap
- incentive
- jump out atsomeone
- lure
- magnetism
- modesty
- temptingly
- tickle
- ticklesomeone'sfancyidiom
- va-va-voom
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Making people excited and interested
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The challenge to build larger aircraft hastantalizeddesigners and pilots since the dawn of aviation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yet she istantalizedby the chance to know.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The reader istantalizedby descriptions of heaven through verse 54, in which rich words like bliss and abundant are used.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the story, he had been punished after death by being condemned to stand knee-deep in water with perfect fruit growing above his head, both of which eternally "tantalized" him.
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