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TITILLATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they titillate ... he / she / it titillates
Past simple: titillated
Past participle: titillated
-ing form: titillating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excite pleasurably or erotically
Example:
A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "titillate" is one way to...):
excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)
"Titillate" entails doing...:
delight; please (give pleasure to or be pleasing to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The good news will titillate her
Derivation:
titillation (an agreeable arousal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "titillate" is one way to...):
itch (have or perceive an itch)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
titillation (the act of tickling)
