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How to pronounce titillate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tickle, vellicate
Type of itch
Derivation titillation
Type Words
Type of shake, shake up, stimulate, stir, excite
Derivation titillation

Examples of titillate

titillate
A few more deal with a subject successfully chosen to titillate advance publicity.
From the time.com
One is, of course, always free to titillate oneself with a frisson of faux-tragedy.
From the economist.com
They're not intended to titillate but to jar us out of our moral complacency.
From the washingtonpost.com
As usual, the Argus is just cheaply demonizing in order to titillate readers.
From the theargus.co.uk
My intent is not to shock or titillate, but merely to inform on the subject.
From the kentucky.com
Fugue, she decides is a clean, but titillate and thespian are both dirties.
From the time.com
The chief aim of architecture should not be to entertain, titillate, or shock viewers.
From the theatlantic.com
Underwear is sometimes partly exposed for fashion reasons or to titillate.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Most of the fare in London's tabloids is designed to titillate and tickle.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Tickle: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
  • Excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"
  • (titillated) teased: feeling mild pleasurable excitement
  • (titillating) pleasantly and superficially exciting
  • (titillating) erotic: giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
  • (titillating) tickling: exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
  • (titillation) a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)
  • (titillation) an agreeable arousal
  • (titillation) tickle: the act of tickling