Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
titillate . - adjective
Pleasantly andsensually exciting . - adjective
Arousing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pleasantly and superficially exciting
- adjective exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
- adjective giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
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Examples
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Working part-time as a telephone-dating operator, Nico Hayashi has plenty of clients eager to engage her in titillating conversation.
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And with each successive viewing as time has progressed, I find it more unsettling, and not the least bit titillating, which is how I'm sure Louis Malle intended it.
Alex Simon: My First R-rated Movie or... How I Became the James Bond of Covert Forbidden Film Viewing Alex Simon 2011
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In an example of what has been called titillating "climate porn," we have been warned that warming might make malaria endemic in Vermont.
Global Warming solutions: The Medievalization of the world... GayandRight 2007
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In an example of what has been called titillating "climate porn," we have been warned that warming might make malaria endemic in Vermont.
Archive 2007-10-01 GayandRight 2007
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In an example of what has been called titillating "climate porn," we have been warned that warming might make malaria endemic in Vermont.
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At any rate, it does seem true that a young woman may sometimes behave in a way that can be called titillating, and that men take such behavior as being directed entirely at them.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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At any rate, it does seem true that a young woman may sometimes behave in a way that can be called titillating, and that men take such behavior as being directed entirely at them.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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At any rate, it does seem true that a young woman may sometimes behave in a way that can be called titillating, and that men take such behavior as being directed entirely at them.
The Women’s Room Marilyn French 1977
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In fact, I find them morbidly titillating, which is why the Post puts them there in the first place.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Y-I-OTTA 2009
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In fact, I find them morbidly titillating, which is why the Post puts them there in the first place.
shanvrolijk commented on the word titillating
"I'm going to agree with the pornification point. It takes me out of the show. I become aware of the set, and start thinking about how gratuitous it is. It's so posed and unnatural that it's more cringeworthy than titillating."
Source: What are some criticisms of Game of Thrones?
January 22, 2018