To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.
[From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus. See Tantalus.]
tantalization tan'ta·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.tantalizer tan'ta·liz'er n.
tantalizingly tan'ta·liz'ing·ly adv.
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To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.
[From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus. See Tantalus.]
tantalization tan'ta·li·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
verb
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - spænde på pinebænken, ærgre, pine
Nederlands (Dutch)
doen watertanden
Français (French)
v. tr. - allécher
Deutsch (German)
v. - reizen, zappeln lassen, falsche Hoffnungen wecken
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βασανίζω, ταλανίζω
Italiano (Italian)
tormentare, stuzzicare, illudere
Português (Portuguese)
v. - tantalizar, atormentar
Русский (Russian)
терзать ложными обещаниями
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - atormentar, martirizar, seducir
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - locka, fresta, reta
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
逗弄, 使干着急
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 逗弄, 使乾著急
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 애타게 하여 괴롭히다, ~을 보여주어 감질나게 하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - じらす, 気を持たせる
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - עורר תקוות-שווא, גרם לייסורי טנטלוס, התעלל
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