tantalization

Variant of tantalize

tantalize definition

tan·ta·lize (tan′tə līz′)

transitive verb tantalized -·lized′, tantalizing -·liz′·ing

to tease or disappoint by promising or showing something desirable and then withholding it

Etymology: < Tantalus + -ize

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