ticklish Definition
tick·lish (tik′lis̸h, -əl is̸h)
adjective
- sensitive to tickling
- very sensitive or easily upset; touchy
- needing careful handling; precarious; delicate
ticklish Related Forms
tick′·lishly adverb
tick′·lish·ness noun
ticklish Synonyms
ticklish
modif.
Sensitive to tickling
hypersensitive, tickly, titillative. Easily upset
touchy, thin-skinned, prickly; see irritable.Needing careful handling
ticklish Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- problem: Their ticklish problem was having to traverse the tortured terrain of the Cambrian Mountains yet keep the biking within the bounds of a beginner.
- foot: Don't worry if you have ticklish feet, as the pressure is firm and therefore does not tickle.
- matter: But here is a ticklish matter for Turgenev himself.
- mind: He had what Johnson called " a very ticklish mind " , one clouded by severe depression.
- situation: Sometimes - quite often, actually - I get into ticklish situations.
- subject: Interestingly, my unanswered question that closed the proceedings was on open borders - a ticklish subject in Respect too, we find ).
Modifying Another Word
Browse dictionary entries near ticklish
- ‹ tickling
- ‹ tickler coil
- ‹ tickler
- ‹ tickle
- ‹ ticking
- ‹ tickety-boo
- ‹ ticketed
- ‹ ticket-of-leave man
- ‹ ticket
- ‹ ticker tape
- tickseed ›
- ticktack ›
- ticktock ›
- ticky tacky ›
- Ticonderoga ›
- tidal ›
- tidal wave ›
- tidbit ›
- tiddler ›
- tiddly ›

