titillating

[ tit-l-ey-ting ]

adjective

1. arousing or exciting in an agreeable, often sexual way:

   titillating gossip.

Other Words From

• titil·lating·ly adverb
• un·titil·lating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of titillating¹

First recorded in 1670–80; titillat(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Example Sentences

They either have a tendency to hyperbolize and make life much more glamorous and titillating than it is, or the other way.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed--she has helped educate the world on the titillating culture of kink.

From The Daily Beast

For the audience it is titillating to hear a man stand on stage saying “those words.”

From The Daily Beast

Imagine that, a network television show realizing that gay sex can be hot and titillating, too.

From The Daily Beast

The repetition of that became as tastelessly titillating as showing us a torn arm or a decomposing torso.

From The Daily Beast

Knows he that never took a pinch, Nosey, the pleasure thence which flows, Knows he the titillating joysWhich my nose knows?

From Project Gutenberg

The titillating odour of this concoction came now, on the breeze, to the nostrils of Tansey, awakening in him hunger for it.

From Project Gutenberg

There are ten thousand agencies and instrumentalities titillating the surface, smoothing, pulverizing, and vulgarizing the top.

From Project Gutenberg

The mental picture of that young couple filled his whole being with a strange titillating warmth.

From Project Gutenberg

He had faced danger and tragedy since he could toddle, and fear had never overridden the titillating sense of adventure.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• absorbing
• alluring
• amiable
• appealing
• attractive
• charismatic
• cute
• delightful
• elegant
• engaging
• engrossing
• fascinating
• glamorous
• graceful
• inviting
• likable
• lovable
• lovely
• pleasant
• provocative