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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 reachplay

  Familiarity information: TANTALIZER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TANTALIZER (noun)


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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