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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: tantalize (0.01044 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to tantalize.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: tantalize
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tantalize
tantalize
v : harass with persistent criticism or carping;
“The children
teased the new teacher”;
“Don't ride me so hard over my
failure”;
“His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie” [syn:
tease,
razz,
rag,
cod,
tantalise,
bait,
taunt,
twit,
rally,
ride]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tantalize
Tantalize
\Tan"ta*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tantalized; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Tantalizing.] [From
Tantalus: cf. F.
tantaliser.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Thy vain desires, at strife
Within themselves, have tantalized thy life. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To tease; vex; irritate; provoke.
Usage:
Tantalize,
Disappoint. To disappoint is literally
to do away with what was (or was taken to be)
appointed; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus
dashed to the ground. To tantalize, a much stronger
term, describes a most distressing form of
disappointment, as in the case of Tantalus, the
Phrygian king. To tantalize is to visit with the
bitterest disappointment -- to torment by exciting
hopes or expectations which can never be realized.
[1913 Webster]
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