"tantalizing" meaning in English

See tantalizing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-tantalizing.wav Forms: more tantalizing [comparative], most tantalizing [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} tantalizing (comparative more tantalizing, superlative most tantalizing)
  1. Teasing; tempting, especially that which is beyond reach. Derived forms: tantalizingly Translations (teasing, desirable, but out of reach): 挑逗性的 (Chinese Mandarin), alléchant (French), reizend (German), verführerisch (German), verlockend (German), aufreizend (German), spannend (German), quälend (German), allettante (Italian), tentador (Portuguese), tentadora (Portuguese), манящий (manjaščij) (Russian), tentador (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tantalizing-en-adj-~ifaY1vZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 13 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 18 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 13 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 11 7

Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun}} tantalizing (plural tantalizings)
  1. teasing temptation
    Sense id: en-tantalizing-en-noun-xJv6cE3b

Verb

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Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tantalizing
  1. present participle and gerund of tantalize Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tantalize
    Sense id: en-tantalizing-en-verb-YAaodQan

Inflected forms

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