tantalise

verb2

1. •
   To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.

   • They could not bear to be tantalized nor tortured by the splendid delusion. — 1880
2. •
   (no longer used) To be teased by something desirable that is kept out of reach.

   • The poore people in Corinth did see, and smell, vvhat the rich men tasted, Tantalizing all the vvhile, and having their penury doubled by the Antiperistasis of others plenty[…] — 1640