tantalizing - Definition and Meaning

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(adjective)

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tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable

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a tantalizing glimpse of the career he might have had

(verb)

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torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable

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such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers