tickles

verb

present tense third-person singular of tickle
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as in itches

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as in titillates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickles
  1. itches
  2. titillates
  3. tingles
  4. excites
  5. holes
  6. amuses
  7. stings
  8. satiates
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  • His first film in 12 years itches to confront today’s moral limits.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Nothing really itches my brain like a crisp white tee poking out the top of a sweater.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of itches
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  • The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.
    — Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The poet titillates, commands by images—and only thus persuades.
    — Elaine L. Wang September 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of titillates
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  • As a result, this scent gently tingles your nostrils in a subtle, yet electrifying way.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Soft piano music intermingles with the tweeting of sparrows outside, and my nose tingles with the heady scent of leather mixed with the musty perfume of incense burning on the windowsill.
    — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of tingles
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  • What excites me about ‘Pyaar Ka Pressure Cooker’ is its fresh take on the reality format, and as India’s first relationship show where parents deliver the reality check.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Nov. 2026
  • What excites me is that the barrier to success is the systems that allow these solutions to take off, and to me, that feels within human control.
    — Jessica Hullinger, Time, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of excites
Verb
  • What Skunk Burrows Look Like For a larger animal, holes that skunks dig while foraging are relatively small.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Fill ruts, depressions, and holes with topsoil and either turf or plants.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of holes
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  • According to the inner circle, the mythology is something that amuses Vernon more than anything else.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • And Griffin Hanson amuses in several small roles.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of amuses
Verb
  • What stings more is how this year played out—and how stubbornly high home prices are.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But even though Az does get it back, the betrayal still stings.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of stings
Verb
  • The only thing that satiates Homer’s appetite is gorging on the unhoused.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of satiates
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