Synonyms for blue-ball
Definitions
- v. 1
To lead someone on or tease them with the promise of something desirable without actually delivering it, causing them to feel frustrated and unsatisfied.
Stop blue-balling me and tell me what happened!
Related words
- Word family
- blue-baller
- Other spellings
- blueball
Forms
- Past participle
- blue-balled
e.g. blue-balled → teased, tantalized…
Example sentences
- tease Tom used to tease me a lot, but he doesn't anymore.
By length
- 5 letters
- tease1
- 9 letters
- tantalize3, tantalise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tantalize3 = 3 syllables).