tantalization

Questions about tantalization

What does tantalization mean?

tantalization means "the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances".

How many syllables are in tantalization?

tantalization has 6 syllables and divides as tan-ta-li-za-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tantalization?

Close synonyms include tease, teasing, ribbing. 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 tantalization a common word?

tantalization 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.