TANTALIZING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TANTALIZING?

Need another word that means the same as “tantalizing”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “tantalizing” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tantalizing” are: tantalising, tempting

Tantalizing as an Adjective

Definitions of "Tantalizing" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tantalizing” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Exciting one's senses or desires.
• Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach.
• Very pleasantly inviting.
• Tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable.

Synonyms of "Tantalizing" as an adjective (2 Words)

tantalising	Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach.
tempting	Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire. It is often tempting to bring about change rapidly.

Usage Examples of "Tantalizing" as an adjective

• A tantalizing glimpse of the career he might have had.
• A tantalizing aroma.
• The tantalizing fragrance of fried bacon.
• A tantalizing taste of success.

Associations of "Tantalizing" (30 Words)

addle	Become rotten. Being in love must have addled your brain.
appetite	A feeling of craving something- Granville Hicks. Her appetite for life.
chomp	Munch or chew noisily or vigorously. She chomped on a roll.
craving	A powerful desire for something. A craving for chocolate.
desire	Something that is desired. There had been a time years ago when he had desired her.
eat	Eat a meal take a meal. He was eating a hot dog.
epicurean	Of Epicurus or epicureanism. An epicurean banquet.
famish	Be extremely hungry. Many famished in the countryside during the drought.
glutton	An excessively greedy eater. He s a glutton for adventure.
gluttonous	Excessively greedy. A gluttonous cigar smoking capitalist.
gourmand	A connoisseur of good food; a gourmet.
greedy	Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume. Greedy for money and power.
hedonistic	Engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent. Lives of unending hedonistic delight.
hungry	(usually followed by `for’) extremely desirous. I always find art galleries hungry work.
insatiable	Of a person having an insatiable appetite or desire for something especially sex. An insatiable demand for old buildings to restore.
lupine	Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves.
mystery	A religious belief based on divine revelation, especially one regarded as beyond human understanding. The 1920s murder mystery The Ghost Train.
porcine	Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy. A bald porcine old man.
rapacious	Devouring or craving food in great quantities. A rapacious appetite.
ravenous	Devouring or craving food in great quantities. A ravenous appetite.
repletion	The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more.
satiety	The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more. A molecule that seems to regulate satiety.
starve	Force someone out of (a place) or into (a specified state) by starvation. She left her animals to starve.
starving	Suffering from lack of food. The world s starving children.
taste	Have a distinctive or characteristic taste. Arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success.
taunt	Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks. Pupils began taunting her about her weight.
tease	Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way. The advertisement is intended to tease the customers.
thirst	Feel the need to drink. Tens of thousands died of thirst and starvation.
unquenchable	Impossible to quench. Unquenchable thirst.
voracious	Devouring or craving food in great quantities. Voracious sharks.