Noun: tantaliser 'tan-tu,lI-zu(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: tantalizer)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: tantalizer)
- Someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
"She was a tantaliser, always hinting at secrets but never revealing them";
- tantalizer
Derived forms: tantalisers
Type of: persecutor, tormenter, tormentor
Encyclopedia: Tantaliser