Definition of Tantalizer

1. Noun. Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach.

Exact synonyms: Tantaliser
Generic synonyms: Persecutor, Tormenter, Tormentor
Derivative terms: Tantalise, Tantalize

Definition of Tantalizer

1. n. One who tantalizes.

Definition of Tantalizer

1. Noun. One who tantalizes; a tease; a tempter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tantalizer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tantalizer

tantaliferous
tantalise
tantalised
tantaliser
tantalises
tantalising
tantalisingly
tantalism
tantalisms
tantalite
tantalites
tantalization
tantalizations
tantalize
tantalized
tantalizer (current term)
tantalizers
tantalizes
tantalizing
tantalizingly
tantalous
tantalum
tantalum bronchography
tantalums
tantalus
tantaluses
tantamount
tantamount(p)
tantamounted
tantamounting

Literary usage of Tantalizer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Longer Plays by Modern Authors [American] by Helen Louise Cohen (1922)
"No, fair tantalizer. [Nods his head with great satisfaction.] Good word—tantalizer. I will speak; my heart is full. MARIANA. There can be no doubt about the ..."

2. All about Hawaii (1920)
"A prayer to Hina, a goddess,36 opens with "O Hina, Hina the tantalizer," and makes reference to the "elder Hina" and the water in which she bathed; ..."

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