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Meaning of "titillating" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TITILLATING

titillating  [ˈtɪtɪleɪtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TITILLATING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Titillating is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TITILLATING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

titillating

Tickling

Tickling is the act of touching a part of the body so as to cause involuntary twitching movements and/or laughter. The word "tickle" evolved from the Middle English tikelen, perhaps frequentative of ticken, to touch lightly. The idiom tickled pink means to be pleased or delighted. In 1897, psychologists G. Stanley Hall and Arthur Allin described a "tickle" as two different types of phenomena. One type is caused by very light movement across the skin. This type of tickle, called a knismesis, generally does not produce laughter and is sometimes accompanied by an itching sensation. Another type of tickle is the laughter-inducing "heavy" tickle, produced by repeatedly applying pressure to "ticklish" areas, and is known as gargalesis. Such sensations can be pleasurable or exciting, but are sometimes considered highly unpleasant, particularly in the case of relentless heavy tickling. The question as to why a person could not tickle him/herself was raised by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Francis Bacon and Charles Darwin believed that humorous laughter requires a "light" frame of mind.

Definition of titillating in the English dictionary

The definition of titillating in the dictionary is of or relating to something that arouses, teases, interests, or excites someone pleasurably and often superficially.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TITILLATING


armour-plating
ˌɑːməˈpleɪtɪŋ
calculating
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪŋ
dating
ˈdeɪtɪŋ
electroplating
ɪˈlektrəʊˌpleɪtɪŋ
escalating
ˈɛskəˌleɪtɪŋ
expostulating
ɪkˈspɒstjʊˌleɪtɪŋ
isolating
ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪŋ
nickel-plating
ˈnɪkəlˈpleɪtɪŋ
noncirculating
nɒnˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪtɪŋ
operating
ˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ
oscillating
ˈɒsɪleɪtɪŋ
plating
ˈpleɪtɪŋ
rating
ˈreɪtɪŋ
scintillating
ˈsɪntɪˌleɪtɪŋ
slating
ˈsleɪtɪŋ
stimulating
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtɪŋ
uncalculating
ʌnˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪŋ
undulating
ˈʌndjʊˌleɪtɪŋ
vacillating
ˈvæsɪˌleɪtɪŋ
zinc-plating
ˌzɪŋkˈpleɪtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TITILLATING

tithingman
tithingmen
tithonia
Tithonus
titi
Titian
Titian red
Titianesque
Titicaca
titillate
titillatingly
titillation
titillative
titillator
titipounamu
titivate
titivation
titivator
titlark
title

WORDS THAT END LIKE TITILLATING

accounting
beating
boating
cheating
coating
communicating
decorating
devastating
eating
fascinating
floating
frustrating
heating
humiliating
incorporating
overheating
repeating
rotating
seating
skating
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Synonyms and antonyms of titillating in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TITILLATING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «titillating» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of titillating

Translation of «titillating» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TITILLATING

Find out the translation of titillating to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of titillating from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «titillating» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

挑逗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excitante
570 millions of speakers

English

titillating
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

titillating
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإثارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

захватывающим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excitante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

titillating
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

titillant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Titillating
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prickelnde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

刺激的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흥을 돋우는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Titillating
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

titillating
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

titillating
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाटिलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

titillating
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eccitanti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podniecające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

захоплюючим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

titillating
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαργαλιστικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tintelend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kittlande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pirrende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of titillating

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TITILLATING»

The term «titillating» is regularly used and occupies the 73.126 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TITILLATING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about titillating

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3 QUOTES WITH «TITILLATING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word titillating.
1
Kal Penn
Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
2
Brett Ratner
'Vacation' means titillating my taste buds.
3
Steven Weber
I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TITILLATING»

Discover the use of titillating in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to titillating and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Color My Boobs!: A Titillating Coloring Book for Adults
A fun, interactive gift book for adults, this coloring book is filled with every variety of alluring, healthy, happy female pulchritude: big, bigger, buxom, cantaloupes, torpedos, milk jugs, side boob, underboob, and much, much more ...
D. D. Stacks, 2012
2
My Brother Married My Sister. Where Do I Sit?: Titillating ...
Can you imagine a book that begins its fascinating and hysterical journey in a small unassuming Southern Illinois Norman Rockwell picturesque town made Google famous for pink eyed Albino Squirrels and then travels across the country to ...
Karl B. Daniel, Bradley J. Provines, 2010
3
The Dirty Version: Over 700 Tremendously Titillating ...
This is the Would You Rather...? book for which audiences have been asking.
Justin Heimberg, David Gomberg, 2010
4
Royal Romances: Titillating Tales of Passion and Power in ...
More breathtaking than any fairy tale, here are seven scandalous, seductive centuries of all-for-love royal desire .
Leslie Carroll, 2012
5
10,001 Titillating Tidbits of Avian Trivia
Bird-lovers will enjoy this fact-filled collection of trivia tidbits. In this comprehensive volume, there is almost no fact about birds - their lives, habits, behavior, dimensions, morphology, anatomy, etc. - that has been omitted.
Frank S. Todd, 2004
6
A Cloud of Hawthorne: A Real Old Fashion Romance, with ...
Get swept into the English countryside full of afternoon teas and fox hunts, corsets and bowler hats, where the British upper class hide truths behind their port and petticoats, and impropriety reigns supreme.
Madison Lake, Jade Lake, 2012
7
Billionaire's Retreat: -Titillating -Romance -Murder Mystery ...
Billionaire's Retreat is a Titillating Romance, Murder Mystery, and Suspense Thriller.
Eddie Johnson, 2012
8
Telecommunications and Media Issues
Indecency findings generally involve material that is presented in a pandering or titillating manner, or material that is presented for the shock value of its language. For example, the Commission deemed a radio call-in survey about oral sex to ...
Alane N. Moller, Charles E. Pletson, 2008
9
Master breasts: objectified, aestheticized, fantasized, ...
Finally, in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo's radically funny play The Story of the Tiger, the benefits of breast-feeding are celebrated as never before.
Melissa Harris, Francine Prose, 1998
10
Limericks for Lechers: Lacivious Lyrics, Rambling ...
"Limericks For Lechers" is playful, not always politically correct and, for the most part, quite bawdy.
Robert W. Birch, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TITILLATING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term titillating is used in the context of the following news items.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic hints at titillating move to MLS
Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris Saint-Germain celebrates his goal in an exhibition against Fiorentina at Red Bulls Arena on July 21. Photo: Getty Images ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Ryn Weaver's Live Show Proves as Titillating as Her Debut Album …
Probably the last thing you'd take away from Ryn Weaver's newly released debut, The Fool, is that the San Diego native is a poppy girl who just wants to have ... «Billboard, Jul 15»
3
Watch the titillating trailer for 'A Gronking To Remember'
Lacey Noonan wrote and self-published an erotic novel called A Gronking To Remember, which is “book on in the Rob Gronkowski erotica series“. Gronkowski ... «For The Win, Jul 15»
4
Twitch.tv: Clean your streams of titillating titty titles off our screens
Gameplay broadcaster Twitch has banned users from streaming racy live video from "adult only" games. An update to the Amazon-owned site's rules of conduct ... «The Register, May 15»
5
Cannes 2015 Overview: Titles Titillating Buyers
Beyond the films playing in Cannes Film Festival competition categories is a host of product that buyers will pore over during the next two weeks here on the ... «Deadline, May 15»
6
Jane the Virgin's Andrea Navedo Promises 3 'Titillating' Finale …
A lot has happened on Jane since it premiered in the fall, but actress Andrea Navedo promises that the twists and turns will be amped up even higher for the ... «People Magazine, May 15»
7
Durst case slaying victim had titillating Bay Area history
Long before Susan Berman became the nation's most famous homicide victim of the moment, she burned a bright pathway through the Bay Area journalism ... «SFGate, Mar 15»
8
'Skin Deep Sea' puts steam in a titillating steampunk fairytale
'Skin Deep Sea' puts steam in a titillating steampunk fairytale. REVIEW: Though set in the past, Stanton Wood's “Skin Deep Sea” is a fairy tale that nods to reality ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb 15»
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Victoria's Secret models hit the beach for titillating bikini photoshoot
But the girls exceeded themselves when they took part in a titillating bikini photoshoot on the beach. The gorgeous foursome stripped down to an array of ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
10
'Looking's' Jonathan Groff Teases 6 Titillating Secrets From Season 2
“Looking's” second season starts off with Patrick (Jonathan Groff), Agustín (Frankie J. Alvarez) and Dom (Murray Bartlett) heading to the Russian River, a Fire ... «TheWrap, Jan 15»

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