tickle pink

verb

To thoroughly delight or amuse; to elate.

“It tickles me pink that they chose me for the award.”

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Meanings

verbtickle pink (third-person singular simple present tickles pink, present participle tickling pink, simple past and past participle tickled pink)

present singular third person tickles pink · participle present tickling pink · participle past tickled pink · past tickled pink

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo thoroughly delight or amuse; to elate.

    It tickles me pink that they chose me for the award.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbfill with sublime emotion

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Broader
elatelift upuplift
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beatifyexaltexhilarateinebriatethrill

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tickle and pink.

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Translations

Esperanto ravi
  • ravithoroughly delight
French enchanter, ravir
  • enchanterthoroughly delight
  • ravirthoroughly delight
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APA

tickle pink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickle%20pink

MLA

“tickle pink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickle%20pink. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tickle pink,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tickle%20pink.

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