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Antonyms for tantalizingtan·ta·liz·ing

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  1. tantalizing, tantalisingadjective

    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach

    "a tantalizing taste of success"

    Antonyms:
    uninviting

    Synonyms:
    tempting, tantalising

  2. tantalizing, tantalising, temptingadjective

    very pleasantly inviting

    "a tantalizing aroma"; "a tempting repast"

    Antonyms:
    uninviting

    Synonyms:
    tempting, alluring, tantalising, enticing, beguiling

How to use tantalizing in a sentence?

  1. Toby Wilkinson:

    It's certainly tantalizing what Nicholas Reeves has suggested, if we look at what we know: we're pretty certain there is an undiscovered royal tomb of roughly the same period somewhere, because we have more kings than we have tombs, so logic suggests that there's still a tomb to be found.

  2. SwRIsHunter:

    The dynamic interface of a complex core and seawater could potentially create energy sources that might support life, while we have not found evidence of the presence of microbial life in the ocean of Enceladus, the growing evidence for chemical disequilibrium offers a tantalizing hint that habitable conditions could exist beneath the moons icy crust.

  3. Stephen Fagin:

    There's nothing more tantalizing than looking at a flickering a film projected on a wall, trying to find details in the grainy shadows and digging through secret locked files and looking for evidence, looking for some nugget of information that's never been revealed before.

  4. Amy Simon:

    Every time we look at Jupiter, we get tantalizing hints that something really exciting is going on, this time is no exception.

  5. Natalie Batalha:

    Previous observations of this planet with Hubble and Spitzer had given us tantalizing hints that carbon dioxide could be present, the data from JWST showed an unequivocal carbon dioxide feature that was so prominent it was practically shouting at us.

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