TANTALIZATION Synonyms

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• able to attract interest or draw favorable attention

• (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods

• capturing interest as if by a spell

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• creating or arousing excitement

• stimulating interest and discussion

• disturbingly provocative

• capable of arousing interest or curiosity

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• very pleasantly inviting

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• stop sleeping

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to become awake or conscious

• to begin moving

• to evoke sexual feelings

• a framework of ribs

• the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

• someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

• a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

• the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

• annoy persistently

• harass with persistent criticism or carping

• to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them

• tear into pieces

• raise the nap of (fabrics)

• disentangle and raise the fibers of

• separate the fibers of

• mock or make fun of playfully

• ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect