Synonyms of the word

vellicate

• v. To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmo…
• v. to irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.
• v. To pinch.
• v. To cause to twitch.

irritate

• v. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
• v. (transitive) To introduce irritability or irritation in.
• v. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
• v. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
• v. (obsolete) To render null and void.

itch

• n. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
• n. A desire or want.
• v. (intransitive) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
• v. (intransitive) To want or desire.
• v. (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

pinch

• v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• v. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
• v. To squeeze between two objects.
• v. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
• v. (slang) To arrest or capture.
• v. (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
• v. (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
• v. (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
• v. (obsolete) To be niggardly or covetous.
• v. To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
• v. (figuratively) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
• v. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
• v. (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
• n. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• n. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
• n. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
• n. An organic herbal smoke additive.

tickle

• n. The act of tickling.
• n. A feeling resembling the result of tickling.
• n. (Newfoundland) A narrow strait.
• v. (transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which causes laughter and twitching.
• v. (intransitive, of a body part) To feel as if the body part in question is being tickled.
• v. (transitive) To appeal to someone's taste, curiosity etc.
• v. (transitive) To cause delight or amusement in.
• v. (intransitive) To feel titillation.
• v. (transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating…
• adj. Changeable, capricious; insecure.

titillate

• v. To stimulate or excite in a sexually pleasurable way.