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tick·lish
 ticklish
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- pronunciation:
- tI
klihsh
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
sensitive to tickling.
He is a ticklish boy.The bottoms of his feet are very ticklish.- similar words:
- delicate, sensitive
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| definition 2: |
needing careful, sensitive treatment.
Her parents' divorce was a ticklish subject.- synonyms:
- delicate
- similar words:
- awkward, prickly, risky, sore, tricky
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| derivations: |
ticklishly (adv.), ticklishness (n.) |
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