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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances;
- Example: "he ignored their teases"
- Example: "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"
[syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tantalization \Tan`ta*li*za"tion\, n.
   The act of tantalizing, or state of being tantalized.
   --Gayton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tantalization
    n 1: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously
         (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent
         annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was
         gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing,
         tantalization]