Antonyms for tickle
ˈtɪk əltick·le

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1. tickle

   Antonyms:
   irritate, hurt, annoy, vex

   Synonyms:
   titillate, please, gratify, amuse

Matched Categories

1. • Caress
   • Cutaneous Sensation
   • Excite
   • Itch

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ticklenoun

   a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

   Synonyms:
   titillation, tickling

2. tickle, tickling, titillationverb

   the act of tickling

   Synonyms:
   titillation, tickling

3. tickle, titillate, vellicateverb

   touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

   Synonyms:
   vibrate, titillate, thrill, pinch, vellicate

4. thrill, tickle, vibrateverb

   feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

   "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

   Synonyms:
   tickle pink, resonate, hover, vellicate, shiver, shudder, oscillate, throb, exalt, titillate, thrill, vacillate, vibrate, exhilarate, inebriate, beatify

5. tickleverb

   touch or stroke lightly

   "The grass tickled her calves"

   Synonyms:
   vibrate, titillate, thrill, vellicate

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1. tickleverb

   Synonyms:
   titillate, please, delight, gladden

How to use tickle in a sentence?

1. Butler:

   An ass will with his long ears fray The flies that tickle him away; But man delights to have his ears Blown maggots in by flatterers.

2. Sharon Lewin:

   This trial clearly demonstrates that disulfiram is not toxic and is safe to use, and could quite possibly be the game changer we need, the dosage of disulfiram we used provided more of a tickle than a kick to the virus, but this could be enough. Even though the drug was only given for three days, we saw a clear increase in( the) virus in( the) plasma, which was very encouraging.

3. Brad Pitt:

   A couple of things: I dont know if I would describe the tests as beautiful unless your idea of beauty is having a cotton swab tickle your brain, also, when he said Everyone can get a test, what he meant was: almost no one.

4. Chamfort:

   Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate, and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness.

5. Sharon Lewin:

   This trial clearly demonstrates that disulfiram is not toxic and is safe to use, and could quite possibly be the game changer we need, the dosage of disulfiram we used provided more of a tickle than a kick to the virus, but this could be enough. Even though the drug was only given for three days, we saw a clear increase in (the) virus in (the) plasma, which was very encouraging.

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