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Meanings of tantalizer in English

Catalan
empipador
Spanish
provocador

Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach.

        empipador
        Usage of tantalizer in English
        1
        Preparations for the sailing of the Tantalizer were rapidly going on.
        Natalie; Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
        2
        Give me the old ship Tantalizer, and I am at home.
        Natalie; Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
        3
        Then Tommy Thompson turned the tables on her tantalizers in a way that set the party in a greater uproar.
        The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
        4
        "Yes, the camp, you little tantalizer," chuckled the guardian.
        The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome ...
        5
        "Why, Pete ought to be big enough to lick you alone, Strong," continued the tantalizer.
        Hiram the Young Farmer
        6
        Never in all his life had he heard such unspeakable names as those which the tormented boy was screaming back at his tantalizers.
        The Rose in the Ring
        7
        Spoken by bark Constitution, of New York, in latitude 39° 20', longitude 45°, ship Tantalizer, of Nant., Capt.
        Natalie; Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
        8
        'Sweet tantalizer, what's the use?
        A Pair of Blue Eyes
        9
        I mean that the Tantalizer will be ready for sea in a week, and Father will go master of her on a Cape Horn voyage.
        Natalie; Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
        Translations for tantalizer
        Tantalizer through the time