Thesaurus: ticklish

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1. a. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
2. a. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
3. a. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
4. adj. difficult to handle; requiring great tact
5. 1. Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Bacon. 2. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable. Can any man with comfort lodge in a condition so dismally ticklish Barrow. 3. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business. Surely princes had need, in tender matters and ticklish times, to beware what they say. Bacon. -- Tic"klish*ly, adv. -- Tic"klish*ness, n.
6. j:100 s difficult to handle; requiring great tact