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ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] adj
1. susceptible and sensitive to being tickled 2. delicate or difficult a ticklish situation 3. easily upset or offended ticklishly adv ticklishness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
ticklish Translations ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] tickly [ˈtɪklɪ] ADJ 1. (lit) (= sensitive to tickling) [person] → cosquilloso; (= which tickles) [blanket] → que pica; [cough] → irritante to be ticklish [person] → tener cosquillas, ser cosquilloso ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] adj (= which tickles) [blanket] → qui chatouille, qui gratouille [cough] → d'irritation ticklish adj (lit) → kitz(e)lig; (fig) situation also → heikel; (= touchy) → empfindlich; ticklish cough → Reizhusten m ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] tickly [ˈtɪklɪ] adj (fam) (easily tickled, person) → che soffre il solletico; (which tickles, blanket) → che provoca prurito; (cough) → che provoca una sensazione di irritazione in gola (fig) (touchy, person) → permaloso/a; (delicate, situation, problem) → delicato/a Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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awkward Awkwardness daughter delicacy delicate devilish dicey difficult difficulty dodgy fix goosey hard Kittlish prickly sensitive sensitivity tender thorny | A large whale's case generally yields about five hundred gallons of sperm, though from unavoidable circumstances, considerable of it is spilled, leaks, and dribbles away, or is otherwise irrevocably lost in the ticklish business of securing what you can. I grew very fond of him, he was so gentle and kind; he seemed to know just how a horse feels, and when he cleaned me he knew the tender places and the ticklish places; when he brushed my head he went as carefully over my eyes as if they were his own, and never stirred up any ill-temper. Notwithstanding the success which has attended the revisions of our established forms of government, and which does so much honor to the virtue and intelligence of the people of America, it must be confessed that the experiments are of too ticklish a nature to be unnecessarily multiplied. |
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