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Tantalising

adjective
1.
Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach.  Synonym: tantalizing.
2.
Very pleasantly inviting.  Synonyms: tantalizing, tempting.  "A tempting repast"






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"Tantalising" Quotes from Famous Books



... so sure. She seemed—not a bit like herself, part of the time." He looked pensively at a slim vase overflowing with sprays of blush rambler, that, for some reason, evoked a tantalising vision of the girl who had so suddenly blossomed into a woman; and his shy, lurking thought found utterance: "I've been wondering, Mummy, is it ... can she be—in love with somebody else? ...
— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

... Johnny, and enjoyed the impatience caused by the tantalising deliberation of his own movements, Max detached two entire clusters of nuts from the tree, which furnished us an ...
— The Island Home • Richard Archer



Words linked to "Tantalising" :   tempting, tantalizing, inviting



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