Titillating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Titillate \Tit"il*late\ (t[i^]t"[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. t. & i. [imp.
     & p. p. {Titillated} (t[i^]t"[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Titillating}.] [L. titillatus, p. p. of titillare.]
     1. To tickle; as, to titillate the nose with a feather.
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              The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
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     2. To arouse an agreeable sensation in; as, to titillate
        one's imagination; to titillate one's audience; to
        titillate the senses.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  titillating
       adj 1: pleasantly and superficially exciting
       2: giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing [syn: {erotic}]
       3: exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or
          twitching movements [syn: {tickling}, {tingling}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "titillating":
     alluring, amusing, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling,
     bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching,
     charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish,
     delightful, diverting, enchanting, engaging, enravishing,
     entertaining, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic,
     fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, fun, glamorous, humorous,
     hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, juicy,
     lively, mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, prepossessing,
     provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing, readable,
     recreational, rich, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic,
     spellbinding, spellful, spicy, stimulating, succulent, taking,
     tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thought-challenging,
     thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, tickling, titillative,
     winning, winsome, witching