tantalise

Other forms of tantalise

past tense

tantalised·

present participle

tantalising·

third person

tantalises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tantalise

What does tantalise mean?

tantalise means "harass with persistent criticism or carping".

How many syllables are in tantalise?

tantalise has 3 syllables: tan-ta-lise. The stress falls on "tan".

What is another word for tantalise?

Close synonyms include tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tantalise a common word?

tantalise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.