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Meanings of tantalise in English

Catalan
amoïnar
Spanish
befarse

Harass with persistent criticism or carping.

amoïnar
Usage of tantalise in English
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Sibylla began again: to tantalise him seemed a necessity of her life.
Verner's Pride
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A day sent from the heavens to tease and tantalise the golfing palates.
The Irish Times
3
There was just enough to tantalise the poor brutes without filling their stomachs.
The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
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But the curtain is drawn back only to tantalise us.
Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hun...
5
Others have their roots in Greek or Roman mythology, such as panic and tantalise.
The Irish Times
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Why should you care to tantalise me with a moment?
Catriona
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The few drops that fell upon his patiently protruded tongue served only to tantalise him.
Philosopher Jack
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We but please and tantalise ourselves with beautiful dreams.
Dreamthorp / A Book of Essays Written in the Country
9
Don't tantalise me any longer; tell me the name.
La Constantin / Celebrated Crimes
10
You tantalise me with your account of 'warm days.'
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2)
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In front the green tops of the palm-trees by the Nile tantalise but stimulate the soldiers.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
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It will recall and remind and suggest and tantalise, and in the end drive you mad.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
13
I could see just enough to tantalise me.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
14
I will tantalise my readers with a quotation:
The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography
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And the clothes themselves, when beautifully handmade, never fail to tantalise even the most hardened cynic.
The Irish Times
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However, annualised returns of 3 per cent over the next decade is hardly likely to tantalise investors.
The Irish Times
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Translations for tantalise
Tantalise through the time