titillating
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈtɪtɪˌleɪtɪŋ/
- NSFW
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provocativo
- Many readers find the scandalous details of celebrity gossip to be titillating.
- titillating details
- titillating topic
- titillating story
That was a titillating science problem right there.
- That was a titillating science problem right there.
- And usually they are plays to sensationalism, salacious and and titillating content, more pop culture stuff, etcetera.
Examples
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Indeed, it's the very lack of skin that the viewer finds titillating.
Academic text (2014) -
On the one hand, they're desirable and titillating.
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And I must say, it's quite a titillating image.
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Television used to be so titillating.
Blog text (24) -
But of course I kept finding titillating items in the literature that only fed my preoccupation.
Fiction book (1997) -
If only gossip weren't so titillating.
Fiction book (1999) -
But she had to admit there was something a little bit titillating about knowing her father—and especially her mother!
Fiction book (1990) -
Such a fusion was acceptable, indeed titillating, in popular erotica, but in a high-art painting, it would prove problematic.
Academic text (2007) -
Though the catalyst is not immediately apparent, this behavior conveys to the audience that something titillating and potentially scandalous is taking place.
Academic text (1998) -
Bumping into an Episcopal priest with a beautiful woman on his arm in a hotel was mildly titillating but hardly grist for the collective legal brains sitting in Woodcock's office.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Attracting attention because it is new, exciting, or makes you think
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4.1
Attractive in a way that makes people feel sexual interest
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2.0
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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3.6
Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster
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4.9
Attractive and likely to make you want something
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6.3
Very attractive in a way that makes you want it but you cannot have it
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7.2
Tends to make people feel sexual interest by being suggestive
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4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
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2.7
Making you want to know more because it seems strange or mysterious
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5.8
Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention
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7.7
A little impolite because it talks about sex, often in a funny or daring way
Antonyms
How Entertaining
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word titillating comes from the Latin titillare, 'to tickle', and is like the English word tickle. Think of it as a little 'tickle' for the mind — something pleasant and exciting that keeps your attention but is often not very deep.