as in thrills
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 titillates
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.
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Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
The poet titillates, commands by images—and only thus persuades.
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Elaine L. Wang
september 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titillates
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Her strict economy, honed by her early years of writing and endlessly revising (under the exacting eye of Allene Talmey) tight captions for Vogue, thrills the editor in me.
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The idea unnerves critics but thrills its architects.
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But what excites me is that the entire world, the entire nation, is behind us.
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The film delivers the kind of ambitious, high-concept storytelling that excites audiences while remaining grounded in compelling human emotion.
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What starts as one state utility trying to see its own network more clearly could end up as part of the blueprint for how the developing world electrifies its future.
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This transit electrifies creativity, romance, pleasure and self-expression.
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.
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Say yes to learning that delights your spirit.
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