titillated
past simple and past participle oftitillate
titillate
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈtɪt.ɪ.leɪt/us/ˈtɪt̬.əl.eɪt/to make someoneexcitedintentionallybut only a little, usually withsexualimagesordescriptions:
So manyadvertsthesedaysaredesignedto titillate.
humorousCarter'sbiographyis onlyspoiledby thefactthat herefusesto titillate(=interest)hisreaderswith anygossip.
Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- besomeone'sbagidiom
- bedazzle
- breathe
- breathe (new) life into sthidiom
- engage
- entrance
- intrigue
- occupy
- overexcite
- overstimulate
- overstimulating
- stretch
- swing
- tantalize
- the Thames
- thrill
- titillate
- transfix
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titillated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I was nervous in that moment, but also rathertitillated.
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I am sure that many butlers weretitillatedby quite static activities.
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Shetitillatedour curiosity but did not satisfy it, and for that reason alone she should not have this money.
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The local leadership had its political appetitetitillatedby its victory over the pensioners.
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The result is that the only motive in work is to earn more money to spend, and the spending istitillatedcontinuously by advertising, particularly on television.
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We were wittilytitillated, those of us who have been in practice, by his recital of the type of fee which was paid in the past.
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The women still performed a basic minstrel show, but they added new pieces thattitillatedthe audience.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Goya did not only upset the ecclesiastical authorities with this work but alsotitillatedthe public and extended the artistic horizon of the day.
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