as in to excite
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
tabloids titillate their readers with racy details about the private lives of media-created celebrities
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Recent Examples of titillate
At the time, there were no algorithms designed to feed you content meant to titillate, provoke or keep your attention.
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Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Elaborate stages are built for the camera close-ups as much as the crowd, often featuring prefab cinematic interludes, ornately detailed costumes, titillating dance moves and surreal, maximalist graphics.
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Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
The others followed, and the titillated-horrified crowd quietly walked back into the night.
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Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
Pedretti, meanwhile, commits fully to her bimbo persona, oscillating between titillating absurdism and unexpected discomfort.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for titillate
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Elaborate stages are built for the camera close-ups as much as the crowd, often featuring prefab cinematic interludes, ornately detailed costumes, titillating dance moves and surreal, maximalist graphics.
—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
The others followed, and the titillated-horrified crowd quietly walked back into the night.
—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
Pedretti, meanwhile, commits fully to her bimbo persona, oscillating between titillating absurdism and unexpected discomfort.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for titillate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titillate
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Levine Cava hopes that the Tropical Park time capsule and America 250 monument get tricentennial Miami residents excited in 2076.
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Getting excited by watching travel vlogs helps redirect my fear into something positive.
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Not every business leader is thrilled about the direction of the AI industry.
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Although Kingda Ka is gone, Six Flags indicated the new attraction is designed to deliver a similarly thrilling experience while introducing several ride elements not currently found elsewhere in North America, according to reports.
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This refers to electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps, and electrifying industry.
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The world will add more than a billion people by mid-century, and as economies grow and electrify, global power demand is on track to roughly double.
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“Titillate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titillate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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