Meanings
present singular third person titillates · participle present titillating · participle past titillated · past titillated
Synonyms & antonyms
verbtouch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintītillātus
- Englishtitillate
From Latin tītillātus, from tītillāre (“to tickle”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вълнувам, задоволявам
- вълнувам (vălnuvam)to excite pleasantly
- задоволявам (zadovoljavam)to excite pleasantly
Chinese Mandarin 挑逗, 刺激
- 挑逗 (tiǎodòu)to excite pleasantly
- 刺激 (cìji)to excite pleasantly
Czech dráždit, vzrušit
- drážditto excite pleasantly
- vzrušitto excite pleasantly
- vzrušovatto excite pleasantly
Finnish kutkuttaa, kiihottaa
- kutkuttaato excite pleasantly
- kiihottaato excite pleasantly
French titiller
- titillerto excite pleasantly
German anregen, erregen
- anregento excite pleasantly
- erregento excite pleasantly
Polish łechtać, połechtać
- łechtaćto excite pleasantly
- połechtaćto excite pleasantly
- pobudzaćto excite pleasantly
- pobudzićto excite pleasantly
- podniecaćto excite pleasantly
- podniecićto excite pleasantly
Romanian stimula, excita
- stimulato excite pleasantly
- excitato excite pleasantly
- gâdilato excite pleasantly
- stârnito excite pleasantly
Russian возбуждать
- возбуждать (vozbuždatʹ)to excite pleasantly
Spanish titilar
- titilarto excite pleasantly
Cite this entry
titillate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titillate
“titillate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titillate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “titillate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titillate.
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