TITILLATED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

titillated

verb

past tense of titillate

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 others followed, and the titillated-horrified crowd quietly walked back into the night. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 Prepare to be tantalized and titillated at A Cause for Applause, a burlesque show coming to Lot 46 Music Bar in Edgewater on Sunday, March 22. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026 Recent Democratic stars rising out of Texas titillated the base, not the middle let alone the right. — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Mar. 2026 The average viewer imagines all sort of carnal activities happening, titillated by what might appear onscreen once the visuals kick in. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026 Teddy declares, simultaneously aghast and titillated. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

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Guests visiting Hernandez's house are also thrilled to see the miniature bedroom.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 5 July 2026
We are inspired by Taylor and Travis' commitment to giving back and thrilled to welcome them into our New York Cares family.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Definition of thrilled

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Modern enterprises are excited by AI agents—software bots that can plan, reason, and act autonomously.

— Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
The brothers were excited at that idea, but Jason Kelce said Travis might be at Chiefs training camp.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

Definition of excited

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Before the Illinois Central, now Metra Electric District, was electrified in 1926, South Shore Line passengers had to transfer to Illinois Central trains at 111th Street to get to downtown Chicago.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Round of 32, Mexico 2-0 Ecuador The thunder and lightning that delayed kick-off by an hour electrified the Estadio Azteca and spurred Mexico on to their most comprehensive performance of the competition.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of electrified

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