Crossword-Solution: TANTALIZE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tantalize | v. t. | 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. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “TANTALIZE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Cause frustrating torment | 1 answer |
| TAUNT BY RAISING EXPECTATIONS | 1 answer |
| MAKE impossible | 7 answers |
| DANGLE A CARROT | 12 answers |
| Harass | 29 answers |
| Tempt | 48 answers |
| Torment | 81 answers |
| Arouse. | 81 answers |
| Tease | 91 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TANTALIZE (5)
The fact is, he had a dim, undeveloped instinct of culture, and a crude, half-conscious worship of beauty,--both of which qualities found just enough nourishment in the life of the capital to tantalize and never satisfy his nature.
Lately, he had assured himself that the altered comrade would not tantalize him with a persistent curiosity, but he felt certain that during the first period of leisure his friend would ask him to relate his adventures of the previous day.
Sometimes one die remains in the box after the other has been landed; then the caster may either throw it quickly, or may tantalize those interested in the event by gently coaxing it from the bow.
But no, he must tantalize and torment me; he thought it brandy; he must take it downstairs to drink to my destruction! Can you have any pity for a hound like that?” “Let us go,” I at last said, hoarsely, as Raffles finished speaking in Italian, and his second listener stood open-mouthed.
Valerie wished to be found in an atmosphere of sweetness, to attract the chief and to please him enough to have a right to be cruel; to tantalize him as a child would, with all the tricks of fashionable tactics.
Quotes with TANTALIZE (3)
You're sexy and suave and you say the right things, but unless you can reach into my soul and tantalize my mind our connection will be null and void.
[T]hat they may believe you, you must say it as obscurely as possible, just like that, simply in hints. You must only give them a peep of the truth, just enough to tantalize them. They'll tell a story better than ours, and of course they'll believe themselves more than they would us...
One o’ clock. With her fork she would tantalize the heart of an adoring artichoke, while her escort served himself up in the thick, dripping sentences of an enraptured man. Four o’clock: her little feet moving to melody, her face distinct in the crowd, her partner happy as a petted puppy and mad as the immemorial hatter…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1974–2012).