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Adjective: tantalizing  'tantu`lIzing
  1. Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
    "a tantalizing taste of success"
    - tantalising [Brit]
     
  2. Very pleasantly inviting
    "a tantalizing aroma"
    - tantalising [Brit], tempting
Verb: tantalize  'tantu`lIz
  1. Harass with persistent criticism or carping
    - tease, razz [N. Amer], rag, cod, tantalise [Brit], bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride

See also: inviting, tantalization, tantalizer, tantalizingly, Tantalus

Type of: bemock, mock

Encyclopedia: Tantalize