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The synonyms of “Tantalizing” are: tantalising, tempting
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tantalizing” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| 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. |
| 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. |
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