titillating
Other forms: titillatingly
When something is titillating, it makes you feel thrilled or excited. For your book report, your English teacher will probably make you read a serious novel rather than a titillating romance.
The adjective titillating implies a certain cheap or fleeting kind of excitement. Titillating things are unimportant and entertaining—maybe even a little bit lewd. The word comes from the Latin word titillationem, "a tickling," and its root titillare, " to tickle," which imitates the sound of giggling.
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pleasantly and superficially excitingsynonyms:excitingcreating or arousing excitement
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giving sexual pleasure; sexually arousing
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exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or twitching movements
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In this romantic fantasy novel, the lives of three young people intersect: Aiz, a poor orphan languishing in prison; Sirsha, an outcast banished from her tribe; and Quil, a crown prince.