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n. - The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule).

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  • Here, at length, after sufficient tantalization by its means, Marlboro 'venturously intruded himself every day.
  • For the sheer power of the self-tantalization I joined him late in his journey and followed him as he approached the Temple of Ghanghesha.
  • And even if so, the tantalization will only be greater if she has to live through another couple of days before cloistering herself to read it.
  • Like many excellent people, he seemed possessed with a spirit of tantalization, which might easily, at a casual glance, be mistaken for malevolence.
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