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US
/ˈtænəˌɫaɪzɪŋ, ˈtæntəˌɫaɪzɪŋ/
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ADJECTIVE
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very pleasantly inviting
a tempting repast
a tantalizing aroma -
arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
a tantalizing taste of success
How To Use tantalizing In A Sentence
- The tantalising smell of roast tomatoes and red peppers is a taste of delights to come. Times, Sunday Times
- The jagged rock he'd sought was three feet up the incline, inviting, tantalizing him with its nearness.
- Even if you knew some delicious, salacious gossip, some tantalising indiscretion, to let it slip would feel like treason.
- With its elegiac note of a civilisation falling apart while two old men continue their moves toward checkmate, the story is a luminous exploration of a culture that is both realisable yet tantalisingly intangible.
- He means that death repeals the whole implied adventure of being missing, and a certain tantalising ambiguity enters the picture.
- This is the tantalising choice you will be facing this week. The Sun
- Napped with melted butter, and scented with rosemary and mint, that kebob had a tantalizing flavor.
- The hotel is built on the ruins of a Byzantine chapel and you can get a tantalising glimpse of it through the glass floor of the lobby. The Sun
- But no, it would be more tantalizing to wait, the speed whetting their appetites. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- As such, it is accorded special procedural shortcuts: it requires only a simple majority vote in both chambers of Congress, and, tantalizing from the administration’s standpoint, Senate rules permit just twenty hours of debate, so the bill can’t be filibustered. Take Two: Hillary's Choice