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How to pronounce titillation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tickle, tickling
Type of touch, touching
Derivation titillate
Type Words
Type of arousal, rousing
Derivation titillate
Type Words
Type of excitement, exhilaration

Examples of titillation

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Further, the intent of Director Alan Parker was serious and free of titillation.
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A ticket to Pretty Woman buys you mechanical titillation and predictable twists.
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The creepiest part for me is the air of titillation that surrounds the reports.
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Yet titillation is central to all these supposed anti-breast cancer crusaders.
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The drama soon became too sordid to follow, too perverse for even mild titillation.
From the economist.com
And there is a world of burlesque to explore if you want a little titillation, too.
From the smh.com.au
That is has stopped selling clothes and now sells only hype and titillation.
From the washingtonpost.com
The sordid tabloid headlines speculating on the cause offer no prurient titillation.
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Again, what bothers me is the titillation factor, the shame and the blame.
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More examples
  • A tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)
  • An agreeable arousal
  • Tickle: the act of tickling
  • (titillate) tickle: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
  • (titillate) excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"
  • (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
  • (titillate) To stimulate or excite pleasantly