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as in interesting
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as in prurient
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as in thrilling
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 titillating
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Coming of Age in the Renaissance (McNally Editions, $19), the titillating diary of his education in Montpellier, France.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Trump’s frenetic social media activity is also aimed more at titillating his hardcore online supporters (and, again, amusing himself) than persuading swing voters.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
The titillating moment got an audible reaction from women in our theater audience.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Coming of Age in the Renaissance (McNally Editions, $19), the titillating diary of his education in Montpellier, France.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
This is not a titillating tell-all, and all the better for it.
—Cat Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Trump’s frenetic social media activity is also aimed more at titillating his hardcore online supporters (and, again, amusing himself) than persuading swing voters.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for titillating
Adjective
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Ruby Mace The most interesting outsider.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s 11th inning featured an interesting debate.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Once printed, less prurient versions of these portraits would be displayed below the marquee at the Teatro Maipo, like religious icons in a vending machine, on the street-level exterior of the venue.—
Bryan Barcena,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Enter the more prurient, more indulgent, 77-minute Ænima.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
25 Jan. 2026
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In Aeropittura, militarized perspective feels thrilling, inevitable, even beautiful.—
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
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Planning a solo trip can feel both thrilling and daunting.—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Adding a second-rounder to recoup that capital and guarantee three picks in the top 64 in what should be a deep draft class would be a tantalizing offer.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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The upside here, though, is too tantalizing for some team to not swing on Bernard.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But Sweeney is just as racy meme-ready now as ever.—
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Apr. 2026
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Megan Fox has posted her latest set of racy photos.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Beyond the series’ provocative premise, its most resonant moments belong to Harbour.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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There was already this sort of more classical literary style and these more ornate sentences that are doing three different things at once, and some of the playfulness and the provocative and the prurient and the spiritual kind of call to care for the least of the people.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Prosecutors allege that Miller had two different types of lewd and lascivious physical contact with a victim between the ages of 3 and 10, according to the criminal complaint.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Apr. 2026
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The couple is back together in Arkansas after Joseph was released from custody on a $600,000 bond in Florida where he is charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Titillating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titillating. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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