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Synonyms for ticklish
ˈtɪk lɪʃ

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. delicate, ticklish, touchyadjective

    difficult to handle; requiring great tact

    "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

    Synonyms:
    delicate, feisty, soft, fragile, touchy, frail, huffy, thin-skinned, finespun

    Antonyms:
    easy

Editors Contribution

  1. gargalesthesia

    he felt ticklish when he got tickled.

    Submitted by river.sibert on September 10, 2020  

Dictionary of English Synonymes

  1. ticklishadjective

    Synonyms:
    easily tickled

  2. ticklishadjective

    Synonyms:
    unsteady, unstable, tottering, uncertain

  3. ticklishadjective

    Synonyms:
    delicate, nice, critical

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words

  1. ticklishadjective

    Synonyms:
    difficult, critical, delicate

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How to use ticklish in a sentence?

  1. Michael Collins:

    At that time, NASA was considering bringing two spacecraft together in space as the most ticklish part perhaps of the lunar profile, and here was this guy who had a Ph.D. in exactly that, so he was very, very well qualified.

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