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titillating

titillating

1 8.6
Causing sexual excitement in people
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɪtɪˌleɪtɪŋ/
  • NSFW
translation icon : erótico
  • The art exhibit featured titillating pieces that sparked conversations about intimacy and desire.

Examples

  • Oh God, you're very titillating, aren't you?

  • Baudelaire recommends these images not for any titillating aspects but because they have the power to act as talismans to open dream worlds to the viewer.

    Academic text (1997)
  • But, of course, having you in the shower will make it all that more, well, titillating.

  • It is horrifying, but it is also titillating and it is also inspiring and it is also nerve racking.

  • Santa Marta la Dominadora, by Hochi Asiatico -- titillating and pornographic.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Victoria plum, like a flag of victory, but the bum is arching up in the air, so provocative, titillating, and proudly arched!

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The novel was filled with titillating details that kept readers eagerly turning the pages.

  • Many found the film's titillating themes to be both entertaining and provocative.

Synonyms

sexy
vstitillating
  • NSFW
681 4.1

Attractive in a way that makes people feel sexual interest

is focused on sexual excitement rather than general appeal
erotic
vstitillating
  • NSFW
113 6.5

Causing sexual desire or showing sexual interest

is about exciting sexual interest often without offering pleasure
enticing
vstitillating
25 4.9

Attractive and likely to make you want something

is specifically about sexual excitement rather than general temptation
salacious
vstitillating
  • Offensive
24 9.9

Too interested in sex in a way that makes people uncomfortable

is sexual and arousing without implying moral offensiveness
tantalizing
vstitillating
  • US
24 6.3

Very attractive in a way that makes you want it but you cannot have it

is sexual excitement that does not rely on distance or difficulty
provocative
vstitillating
  • NSFW
22 7.2

Tends to make people feel sexual interest by being suggestive

is sexual in effect but not necessarily deliberately suggestive
sexually attractive
vstitillating
  • NSFW
3 5.4

To make other people want to have sex

is about sexual excitement more than mere physical attractiveness
risque
vstitillating
  • NSFW
1 7.7

A little impolite because it talks about sex, often in a funny or daring way

is sexual but milder and more playful than outright arousal

Antonyms

59 5.5

Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell

3 3.2

Not interesting or exciting

How Arousing

pornographic
  • Offensive
49 7.2
erotic
  • NSFW
113 6.5
titillating
  • NSFW
1 8.6
suggestive
  • Offensive
9 6.0

Surface Forms

titillating positive

Morphology

titillating = titillate (transparent) = titillate + ing

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'titillate' via '-ing'; the meaning of being sexually or sensually arousing directly follows from the verb.

Etymology

The word titillating comes from the Latin titillare, which means 'to tickle' and is like the everyday word tickle. A helpful way to remember it is that something titillating 'tickles' private feelings, so it makes a person feel sexually excited.