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US
/ˈtænəˌɫaɪz, ˈtæntəˌɫaɪz/
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VERB
-
harass with persistent criticism or carping
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
The children teased the new teacher
How To Use tantalize In A Sentence
- A good open problem thus has some intrigue, has some surprise, and should tantalize the reader; the solution should appear to be just over the horizon, rather than indistinctly fading away.
- But the reality is that IT shows tantalize us with oodles of mouth-watering products that never actually hit the shelves.
- International festivals like New York City's Lincoln Center Festival tantalize dance lovers with promises of offerings that are extremely varied and unique.
- What really tantalizes you is that which deviates from societal standards in every way, though you admit that this probably isn't the best and you're not sure what causes this desire.
- Never mind fancy energy drinks or cool cola, an East Lancashire company is reviving some old favourites to tantalise our tastebuds.
- Her love interests: Kiyo, a sexy shapeshifter and Dorian, a bondage-loving Fairy King, are well written with love scenes giving just enough detail to tantalise without being too explicit. Book Chick City
- She tantalized the kitten with fish.
- The glistening juice on the surface of the fish with its intense creamy aroma tantalized my tastebuds.
- You may follow the adventures of a letter through any passage that has particularly pleased you; find it, perhaps, denied a while, to tantalise the ear; find it fired again at you in a whole broadside; or find it pass into congenerous sounds, one liquid or labial melting away into another. Essays in the Art of Writing
- Those behind the service claim it will let mobile users ‘flirt, tantalise and tease other mobile users by anonymous text messages’.
