tantalizing

Tantalizing is getting someone interested or excited, especially when you get someone excited in a teasing manner about something he or she cannot have.

(verb)

  1. When you make someone a delicious meal and present it on the table, this is an example of tantalizing the person with food.
  2. When someone comes very close to a promotion but isn't actually promoted, this is an example of a tantalizing someone with achievement.

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See tantalizing in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. that tantalizes
  2. tempting; enticing: a tantalizing odor of cookies

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