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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which tantalizes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who tantalizes.

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  • noun One who tantalizes; a tease; a tempter.

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  • noun someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach

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Examples

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