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TANTALIZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tantalizer mean?
• TANTALIZER (noun)
The noun TANTALIZER has 1 sense:
1. someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
Familiarity information: TANTALIZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
tantaliser; tantalizer
Hypernyms ("tantalizer" is a kind of...):
persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)
Derivation:
tantalize (harass with persistent criticism or carping)
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