titillate
(verb)
verb
1. touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
Similar word(s): tickle, vellicate
Definition categories: perception, itch
2. excite pleasurably or erotically
- A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine
Definition categories: emotion, excite, shake, stimulate, stir
Sentences with titillate as a verb:
- The dancer titillated her audience with gyrations and suggestive movements.