ticklish

ticklish is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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. adjective. Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
3. adjective. Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
4. adjective. difficult to handle; requiring great tact

   "delicate negotiations with the big powers"

   "hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"

   Synonyms: delicate, touchy

Synonyms

delicate, touchy

Common word forms

ticklishly, ticklishness

Words from these letters

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