vverb.perceptiontouch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movementsSynset:tickle titillate vellicate
Derivationally Related Form:vellicationtickleticklingtitillation
Hypernyms:itch
Inherited Hypernyms:tickleitchachecause to be perceived
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Did he --- his foot? (apply to: tickle)
vverb.emotionexcite pleasurably or eroticallyExamples:- A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine
Derivationally Related Form:titillation
Hypernyms:excite shake shake up stimulate stir
Inherited Hypernyms:titillatestimulatearousemake
Entailment:delight please
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The good news will --- her (apply to: titillate)
adj satadj.allpleasantly and superficially excitingAntonyms:unexciting
Inherited Hypernyms:titillating
Similar to:exciting
adj satadj.allgiving sexual pleasure; sexually arousingSynset:erotic
Antonyms:unsexy
Derivationally Related Form:Eroseros
Inherited Hypernyms:erotic
Similar to:sexy
adj satadj.allexciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movementsSynset:tickling tingling
Antonyms:unexciting
Inherited Hypernyms:tickling
Similar to:exciting