tantalizing

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Adjective

tantalizing

1. Teasing; tempting, especially that which is beyond reach.

Translations

• French: alléchant
• German: reizend, verführerisch, verlockend, aufreizend, spannend, quälend
• Italian: allettante
• Russian: манящий
• Spanish: tentador

Verb

1. present participle of tantalize#English|tantalize

Noun

tantalizing (plural tantalizings)

1. teasing temptation
   • 1848, Spalding Club, Aberdeen, Publications (issue 18, page 488)

     […] my resources against depressing thoughts and languor, amid the tantalizings of society […]

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