transitive verb
1Torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.
What does the word tantalize mean?
to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
What does the word tantalize come from?
The word tantalize comes from a Greek story about a guy named Tantalus who was so evil that the gods of the underworld came up with a special punishment just for him (they were really good at that). They put him in a pool of water that drained away every time he bent down to drink.
