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    TANTALISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they tantalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it tantalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: tantalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: tantalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: tantalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Harass with persistent criticism or carpingplay

    Example:

    His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

    Synonyms:

    bait; cod; rag; rally; razz; ride; tantalise; tantalize; taunt; tease; twit

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "tantalise" is one way to...):

    bemock; mock (treat with contempt)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tantalise"):

    barrack; flout; gibe; jeer; scoff (laugh at with contempt and derision)

    banter; chaff; jolly; josh; kid (be silly or tease one another)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    tantaliser (someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach)

    Tantalus ((Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it)

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