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Noun: tantaliser  'tan-tu,lI-zu(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: tantalizer)
  1. 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