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Definition of tantalize : To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.

Synonyms:

fluff, lecture, call up, put one over, hinge upon, turn on, lambaste, crucify, frustrate, tease, reprimand, ride, get to, dress down, fool, dun, call down, irritate, muster up, pester, dupe, rebound, rag, have words, slang, razz, remonstrate, devil, drum up, bait, mount, berate, beat up, befool, fascinate, card, drive, depend on, taunt, muster, rally, nettle, chafe, summon, jaw, loosen, nark, bedevil, tantalise, devolve on, put one across, bawl out, chide, rile, torment, trounce, take in, lambast, annoy, take to task, excite, get at, entice, cod, gravel, vex, call on the carpet, rebuke, scold, put on, mobilise, tease apart, bother, twit, sit, reproof, depend upon, chew up, badger, beleaguer, bug, mobilize, gull, chew out, hinge on, come up

Usage examples:

• Who's shrewd enough to tantalize him into hand- and- feet marriage. - "Swirling Waters", Max Rittenberg.
• That Leonore held her eyes down, and tried to charm yet tantalize her intended friend, was because Leonore could not help it, being only seventeen and a girl. - "The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him", Paul Leicester Ford.
• As though to tantalize him, numerous seals lay sunning themselves upon the ice pans, for it was now past sunrise, but his only weapon was his snow knife, and he was well aware that the seals would slip into the water and beyond his reach before he could approach and despatch them. - "Bobby of the Labrador", Dillon Wallace.