tantalize \TAN-tuh-lyze\ verb
Meaning: to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach

To be tantalized is not fun. It's like being toyed with. Something out there in the Universe wants to make you feel shit: some power trip where it knows that you want it. It's fucking in control. Self will sidles up in your corner, ready to claim the first KO punch. It'll never win though. That little tantalizing thing will always be there, right up until the day you die. And that kind of shit just makes you want it all the more. It's stupid, but you can't escape it.