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   ticklish

   /ˈtɪkəlɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) sensitive to being tickled: "I'm ticklish on the feet"
   • ▪ (of a cough) characterized by persistent irritation in the throat.
   • 2. (of a situation or problem) difficult or tricky and requiring careful handling: "her skill in evading ticklish questions"
   • ▪ (of a person) easily upset: "they're rather ticklish on the subject"

   Derivatives

   • 1. ticklishly adverb
   • 2. ticklishness noun

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   What does ticklishness mean?

   • 1. sensitive to tickling. 2. requiring delicate or tactful handling: a ticklish situation. 3. hypersensitive. 4. easily upset, as a boat. tick′lish•ness, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1.

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   What is a ticklish situation?

   • A ticklish situation is one that needs to be dealt with carefully. The biography of a great artist can be a ticklish proposition. Clause 19 deals with a problem which has been ticklish to handle, but as to which we have got a substantially agreed solution. The position was extremely ticklish at that time.

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   What is another word for 'ticklish'?

   • Find another word for ticklish. In this page you can discover 45 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ticklish, such as: touchy, prickly, freakish, hypersensitive, tickly, titillative, thin-skinned, precarious, delicate, awkward, and intricate.

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   Ticklish means feeling uncomfortable or laughing when someone lightly touches your skin. It can also mean a difficult or complicated situation. Learn more about the word, its synonyms and usage with examples.

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   1. sensitive to tickling. 2. very sensitive or easily upset; touchy. 3. needing careful handling; precarious; delicate.

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   Ticklish means sensitive to tickling or requiring careful handling. It can also mean easily upset or offended. See how to use ticklish in a sentence and its origin and history.

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   Ticklish means sensitive to tickling, requiring delicate handling, or easily overturned. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of ticklish from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Ticklish means feeling uncomfortable or laughing when someone lightly touches your skin. It can also mean a difficult or complicated situation. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation and usage with examples.

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   The word ticklish means both "sensitive to being tickled" and "requiring tact or careful handling." A lot of people avoid ticklish subjects when they meet someone new, instead sticking to safe topics like the weather.

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    Ticklish means sensitive to tickling, easily offended or upset, or requiring skillful or tactful handling. Find out more about the word's origin, usage, and translations in different languages.