Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.
- 2adjective
Standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily affected; unstable.
- 3adjective
Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business.
- 4adjective
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
"delicate negotiations with the big powers"
"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
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