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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
      1
      Sibylla began again: to tantalise him seemed a necessity of her life.
      Verner's Pride
      2
      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...
      4
      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
      6
      Why should you care to tantalise me with a moment?
      Catriona
      7
      The few drops that fell upon his patiently protruded tongue served only to tantalise him.
      Philosopher Jack
      8
      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)
      11
      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
      12
      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
      15
      And the clothes themselves, when beautifully handmade, never fail to tantalise even the most hardened cynic.
      The Irish Times
      16
      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