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tantalize
verb
[ ˈtantəlʌɪz ]
• torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.
• "such ambitious questions have long tantalized the world's best thinkers"
Origin:
late 16th century: from Tantalus + -ize.
