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单词 ticklish
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ticklish

adjective

tick·​lish ˈti-k(ə-)lish How to pronounce ticklish (audio)
1
: sensitive to tickling
2
: requiring delicate handling
a ticklish subject
3
a
: touchy, oversensitive
ticklish about his baldness
b
: easily overturned
a canoe is a ticklish craft
ticklishly adverb
ticklishness noun

Synonyms

  • huffy
  • tetchy
  • thin-skinned
  • touchy
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Example Sentences

My feet are very ticklish. he's ticklish about his looks, so it's wisest to avoid the subject altogether
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Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Kids Definition

ticklish

adjective

tick·​lish ˈti-klish How to pronounce ticklish (audio)
1
: sensitive to tickling
2
: calling for careful handling
a ticklish situation

ticklish

adjective

1
as in sensitive
easily offended he's ticklish about his looks, so it's wisest to avoid the subject altogether

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sensitive
  • touchy
  • tetchy
  • irritable
  • huffy
  • thin-skinned
  • supersensitive
  • hypersensitive
  • oversensitive
  • testy
  • tender
  • peevish
  • snappish
  • pettish
  • disagreeable
  • waspish
  • petulant
  • grouchy
  • irascible
  • crotchety
  • choleric
  • ornery
  • crabby
  • grumpy
  • querulous
  • prickly
  • stroppy
  • cantankerous
  • raspy
  • cross
  • snarky
  • bilious
  • dyspeptic
  • stuffy
  • snippy
  • snippety
  • perverse
  • curmudgeonly
  • cross-grained
  • cranky
  • surly
  • bearish
  • short-tempered
  • ill-natured
  • ill-humored
  • ratty
  • quick-tempered
  • ill-tempered
  • snappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • amiable
  • agreeable
  • easygoing
  • thick-skinned
  • unconcerned
  • relaxed
  • carefree
  • good-natured
  • forbearing
  • obliging
  • well-disposed
  • good-tempered
  • understanding
  • happy-go-lucky
  • long-suffering
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2
as in difficult
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling trying to tell him that his zipper is down without embarrassing him will be a ticklish task

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • difficult
  • sensitive
  • tough
  • touchy
  • complicated
  • problematic
  • delicate
  • sticky
  • hairy
  • knotty
  • thorny
  • tricky
  • problem
  • problematical
  • prickly
  • serious
  • hard
  • painful
  • spiny
  • tricksy
  • nasty
  • complex
  • catchy
  • recondite
  • troublesome
  • abstruse
  • vexing
  • dodgy
  • involved
  • intricate
  • stubborn
  • vexatious
  • worrisome
  • abstract
  • troublous
  • stressful
  • scabrous
  • burdensome
  • exhausting
  • importunate
  • onerous
  • inconvenient
  • demanding
  • oppressive
  • exacting
  • discommoding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • painless
  • uncomplicated
  • easy
  • unproblematic
  • undemanding
  • straightforward
  • simple
  • effortless
  • manageable
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