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comparative more tantalizing, superlative most tantalizing
Teasing; tempting, especially that which is beyond reach. quotations examples
...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.
1851, Herman Melville, chapter 133, in Moby Dick
The tantalising theory that a fifth force of nature could exist has been given a boost thanks to unexpected wobbling by a subatomic particle, physicists have revealed.
2023 August 11, Nicola Davis, “Scientists may be on brink of discovering fifth force of nature”, in The Guardian
present participle and gerund of tantalize examples
plural tantalizings
teasing temptation quotations examples
[…] my resources against depressing thoughts and languor, amid the tantalizings of society […]
1848, Spalding Club, Publications, number 18, Aberdeen, page 488