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SUBMARINE OF THE ROYAL NAVY

HMS Tantalus

tantalus

GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE, SON OF ZEUS

Tantalos; Tántalos; Torment of Tantalus; Torment of tantalus; Tantalize; Τάνταλος

['tant?l?s]

¦ noun Brit. a stand in which spirit decanters may be locked up though still visible.

Origin

from Tantalus (see tantalize).

tantalize

GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE, SON OF ZEUS

Tantalos; Tántalos; Torment of Tantalus; Torment of tantalus; Tantalize; Τάνταλος

(tantalizes, tantalizing, tantalized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'tantalise'

If someone or something tantalizes you, they make you feel hopeful and excited about getting what you want, usually before disappointing you by not letting you have what they appeared to offer.

...the dreams of democracy that have so tantalized them.

VERB: V n

• tantalizing

A tantalising aroma of roast beef fills the air.

ADJ

• tantalizingly

She went away disappointed after getting tantalisingly close to breaking the record...

ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v, ADV with cl

Tantalize

GREEK MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE, SON OF ZEUS

Tantalos; Tántalos; Torment of Tantalus; Torment of tantalus; Tantalize; Τάνταλος

·vt To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of reach; to Tease; to Torment.

Wikipedia

HMS Tantalus (P318)

HMS Tantalus was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P318 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 24 February 1943. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Tantalus, after the mythological Tantalus, son of Zeus.

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