Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tantalize
Tantalize
tantalize
v.tr. (also -ise) 1 torment or tease by the sight or promise of what is unobtainable. 2 raise and then dash the hopes of; torment with disappointment. Derivatives tantalization n. tantalizer n. tantalizingly adv. Etymology: Gk Tantalos mythical king of Phrygia condemned to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink it and under branches that drew back when he tried to pick the fruit
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verb (-lized; -lizing) Etymology: Tantalus Date: 1597 transitive verb to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach, intransitive verb to cause one to be ~d, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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