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[ tit-l-ey-ting ] / ˈtɪt lˌeɪ tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR titillating ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivearousing or exciting in an agreeable, often sexual way: titillating gossip. OTHER WORDS FROM titillatingtit·il·lat·ing·ly, adverbun·tit·il·lat·ing, adjectiveWords nearby titillatingtiti, Titian, Titian red, Titicaca, titillate, titillating, titillation, titipounamu, titivate, titlark, title Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for titillatingThey either have a tendency to hyperbolize and make life much more glamorous and titillating than it is, or the other way. Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indeed--she has helped educate the world on the titillating culture of kink. Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the audience it is titillating to hear a man stand on stage saying “those words.” Why George Carlin Deserves His Own Street|Kevin Bartini|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The potential tragic loss of 239 human lives is ultimately overwhelmed by our hunt for titillating clues and explanations. Flight 370 And Our Unsolved Mystery Obsession|Emily Shire|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We merely want the gossipy, titillating stories of sculpted men and women pumping and screaming. Sochi Athletes Get It On At The Tinder Olympics|Lizzie Crocker|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST These ancient snuff-boxes furnish proof of the love of our ancestors for the titillating powder. Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King Hers was actually the titillating wonder of a bird which, captured, closes its wings, that surrender can be so sweet. They snap snappishly at the titillating straw; they snatch at it with their weird little hands; they parry it skilfully. The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862|Various This woman is doubtless miserable, though after all, perhaps, the titillating joys of glory are not unknown to her. Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry|Charles Baudelaire He had faced danger and tragedy since he could toddle, and fear had never overridden the titillating sense of adventure.
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