ticklish (redirected from ticklishness)

tick·lish  (tklsh)

adj.

1. Sensitive to tickling.

2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.

3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate: a ticklish matter.

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ticklish·ly adv.

ticklish·ness n.

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ticklish

Adjective

1. sensitive to being tickled

2. delicate or difficult: a ticklish problem

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ticklish - difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" touchy, delicate difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

Translations

ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] adj (= which tickles) [blanket] → que pica: [cough] → irritante;

to be ticklish → tener cosquillas

ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] tickle adj [person] → chatouilleux/euse (= which tickles) [blanket] → qui chatouille: [cough] → qui irrite; [problem] → épineux/euse

ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] tickle adj [person, situation] → kitzlig

ticklish [ˈtɪklɪʃ] adj → che soffre il solletico (= which tickles) [blanket, cough] → che provoca prurito