titillate
Agreeably stir interest
Titillate means to excite or arouse pleasantly, often with a suggestion of the risqué or forbidden.
The word implies light, teasing stimulation rather than deep engagement: headlines designed to titillate rather than inform, The scandal titillated readers for weeks.
Though it can describe any mild excitement, titillate usually carries sexual undertones.
Touch provoking involuntary laughter
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
prickle · caress · feather · whisper · brush · flutter · frisson · goosebumps
Lure into intimacy
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticeAttract by offering appeal
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
- temptDraw toward wrongdoing
lure · beguile · tantalize · tease · flirt · provoke · intrigue · enchant
Stirring to heightened state
- stimulationEvoking a response
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
- erogenousSexually sensitive to touch
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
lustful · eroticism · seductive · provocative · risqué · suggestive · tantalizing · steamy
tickle
Touch provoking involuntary laughter
sensation · prickle · caress · feather · whisper · brush · flutter · frisson · goosebumps · thrill
seduce
Lure into intimacy
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- enticeAttract by offering appeal
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
tempt · lure · beguile · tantalize · tease · flirt · provoke · intrigue · enchant · fascinate
arousal
Stirring to heightened state
- stimulationEvoking a response
- foreplayPre-coital intimacy
- erogenousSexually sensitive to touch
sensual · lustful · eroticism · seductive · provocative · risqué · suggestive · tantalizing · steamy · racy
playful
Inclined toward fun
- coyAffectedly modest
- flirtatiousPlayfully romantic in manner
- mischievousPlayfully causing trouble
saucy · cheeky · impish · naughty · teasing · kittenish · arch · wink · innuendo · suggestive
- T-T wordstattletale, tatterdemalion, tutti-frutti, teetotaler, teeter-totter
- eroticaerotic, erotic literature, eroticism, erotica, sensuality
- teasingtease, teasing, rib, ribbing, josh
titillatedepress
Lower or sadden
discourage · dispirit · dishearten · demoralize · deject
titillation, titillating, titillated, titillates, titillations