Tantalized
verb (used with object), tantalized, tantalizing.
1.
to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.
verb
1.
(transitive) to tease or make frustrated, as by tormenting with the sight of something greatly desired but inaccessible
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