as in thrilled
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 titillated
The video hit the culture like a neutron bomb and titillated everyone.
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Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titillated
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Going into the Seton Hall game at 16-1, Hurley hasn’t been too thrilled with the way his team has carried itself over the last few showings.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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And if someone wasn't thrilled with that, that's okay too.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Burks followed it up with a 2-point bucket before knocking down a 3-pointer that got the fans briefly excited.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2026
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Govindaraj went to Wednesday's town hall excited to learn more about the project.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Her defensive effort led to a transition 3-pointer for Maddie Scherr that electrified the home crowd for TCU.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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The prevailing theory at least, is that dormant electrical lines that stretch up and over Eaton Canyon … were electrified in the windstorm ahead of the fire breaking out in Altadena.—
Tonya Mosley,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Titillated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titillated. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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