Associations to the word «Tantalizing»

Wiktionary

TANTALIZING, adjective. Teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.
TANTALIZING, verb. Present participle of tantalize
TANTALIZING, noun. Teasing temptation

Dictionary definition

TANTALIZING, adjective. Arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach; "a tantalizing taste of success".
TANTALIZING, adjective. Very pleasantly inviting; "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne