Tools: Learn New Words | Secure Password Generator | Startup Tools | File Uploader | PDF Generator

Vellicate (Verb)

Meaning 1

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

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

  • Tickle
  • Titillate

Hypernyms

  • Itch

Related Words

  • Vellication (noun)

Meaning 2

Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Pinch

Hypernyms

  • Irritate
  Copyright © 2026 Socielo Tech. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of use