tantalizing
adjective
tan·ta·liz·ing
ˈtan-tə-ˌlī-ziŋ 
: possessing a quality that arouses or stimulates desire or interest
also
: mockingly or teasingly out of reach
tantalizingly
adverb
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With Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl album being teased like a chorus girl performing a tantalizing slow reveal, interest in retro revues is having an encore.
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Zoey Goto, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Marc Ribot The adventurous guitarist-composer, who has collaborated with the likes of Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Tom Waits and Vinicio Capossela, is surely one of the tantalizing names on the overall HSB bill.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Rademacher, who arrived at U-M 30 years ago, says the prospect of a Big House concert remained tantalizing.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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Zoey Goto, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
Marc Ribot The adventurous guitarist-composer, who has collaborated with the likes of Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Tom Waits and Vinicio Capossela, is surely one of the tantalizing names on the overall HSB bill.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Rademacher, who arrived at U-M 30 years ago, says the prospect of a Big House concert remained tantalizing.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Does the Robeta Ananya make van life more tantalizing for you?
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Tantalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tantalizing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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