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- Dictionarytantalizing/ˈtantəlʌɪzɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable: "a tantalizing glimpse of the career he might have had"
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Something that is tantalizing causes desire and excitement in you, but is unlikely to provide a way of satisfying that desire: I caught a tantalizing glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees .
: possessing a quality that arouses or stimulates desire or interest. also : mockingly or teasingly out of reach. tantalizingly adverb. Examples of tantalizing in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web When carefully made the sugars and acidity provide a tantalizing tension, when not, resulting wines can be cloyingly sweet.
Something tantalizing is tempting: like a meal that smells amazing and makes you want to eat it. Tantalizing things are very appealing. When something is tantalizing, it makes you want it, even if it's totally out of reach.
Tantalizing definition: having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach. See examples of TANTALIZING used in a sentence.
(ˈtæntlˌaizɪŋ) adjective. having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, esp. that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach. a tantalizing taste of success. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
1. To excite by exposing something desirable that remains or is made difficult or impossible to obtain: Researchers have been tantalized by the possibility of finding a cure for the disease. 2. To be strongly attractive to; excite the senses or desire of: The aroma coming from the bakery tantalized us. [From Latin Tantalus, Tantalus; see Tantalus.]
Definition of tantalizing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
