tantalize

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• /ˈtæntəlaɪz/
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From Tantalus (Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos)) in Greek mythology, who was condemned to Tartarus in the underworld. There, he had to stand for eternity in water that receded from him when he stooped to drink, beneath fruit trees whose branches were always out of reach. Derived as Tantalus + -ize.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дразня (draznja) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Bulgarian: измъчвам (izmǎčvam) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Catalan: tantalitzar — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Finnish: härnätä — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Finnish: kiusoitella — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• French: tantaliser — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Irish: griog — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Irish: clip — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Irish: beophian — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Italian: tentare — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Italian: lusingare — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Italian: infliggere il supplizio di tantalo — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Italian: allettare — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Māori: whakaminamina — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Māori: whakanimanima — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Polish: mamić — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Polish: nęcić — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Russian: прима́нивать (primánivatʹ) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Russian: манить (manitʹ) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Spanish: tantalizar — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Ukrainian: вабити (vabyty) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Ukrainian: спокушати (spokušaty) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied
• Ukrainian: манити (manyty) — to tease someone by offering something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied