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titillate Definition

tit·il·late (tit'l āt′)

transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing

  1. tickle
  2. to excite or stimulate pleasurably, often erotically

Etymology: < L titillatus, pp. of titillare, to tickle

titillate Related Forms
tit·il·lat′er noun tit′·il·la·tion noun tit·il·la′·tive adjective
titillate Synonyms

titillate

v.

tickle, stimulate, arouse, turn on*; see excite 1, 2.

titillate Usage Examples

Object

  • sense: The general impression is robust food, rather than dishes to titillate the senses.
  • curiosity: All titles perhaps designed to titillate the curiosity of a medieval audience.
  • nature: They conflate pleasurable responses of a sexually titillating nature and other agreeably sensuous pleasures with the pleasurable response evoked by beauty.
  • people: Pole dancing was designed as a means of titillating people.

Modifying Another Word

  • sexually: It seems that such fights were particularly shocking to middle-class readers, as well as possibly being sexually titillating.
  • not: But what about a public broadcaster expected to pursue truth, not titillate?
  • even: Utterly pointless, if I'm honest - it's not even titillating enough to appeal to the raincoat brigade.
  • mildly: Naturally, enough, all the sex stuff is kept in, and some might find it mildly titillating.
  • just: This just titillates the UFO believers and for the rest of us it hangs around like a rancid red herring.
  • very: But people still seem to get very titillated by sex.

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