English-Thai Dictionary

ticklish

ADJ จั๊กจี้  เส้นตื้น  jak-ka-je

 

ticklish

ADJ ที่ โมโห ง่าย  ขี้โมโห  touchy ti-mo-ho-ngai

 

ticklish

ADJ ที่ ไม่มั่นคง  ไม่แน่ นอน  อ่อนไหว  unstable unsteady ti-mai-man-kong

 

ticklish

ADJ ยาก (งาน  ปัญหา  ฯลฯ (งาน  ปัญหา  ฯลฯ  ที่ ต้อง ระวัง  ที่ ละเอียดอ่อน  yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TICKLISH

a.Sensible to slight touches, easily tickled. The bottom of the foot is very ticklish, as are the sides. The palm of the hand, hardened by use, it not ticklish. 1. Tottering; standing so as to be liable to totter and fall at the slightest touch; unfixed; easily moved or affected.
Ireland was a ticklish and unsettled state.
2. Difficult; nice; critical; as, these are ticklish times.

 

TICKLISHNESS

n.The state or quality of being ticklish or very sensible. 1. The state of being tottering or liable to fall.
2. Criticalness of condition or state.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TICKLISH

TICKLISH Tic "klish, a.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ticklish

tick lish |ˈtik (ə )liSH ˈtɪk (ə )lɪʃ | ▶adjective 1 sensitive to being tickled: Lhasa apsos are ticklish on their feet. • (of a cough ) characterized by persistent irritation in the throat. 2 (of a situation or problem ) difficult to deal with; requiring careful handling: her skill in evading ticklish questions. • (of a person ) easily upset. DERIVATIVES tick lish ly adverb, tick lish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

ticklish

tick |lish |ˈtɪklɪʃ | ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) sensitive to being tickled: I'm ticklish on the feet. • (of a cough ) characterized by persistent irritation in the throat. 2 (of a situation or problem ) difficult or tricky and requiring careful handling: her skill in evading ticklish questions. • (of a person ) easily upset. DERIVATIVES ticklishly adverb, ticklishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ticklish

ticklish adjective the issue has been made more ticklish since the factors of race and gender have entered the picture: difficult, problematic, tricky, touchy, delicate, sensitive, tender, awkward, prickly, thorny, tough; vexed, sticky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ticklish

ticklish adjective policy-makers are considering the ticklish question: problematic, tricky, delicate, sensitive, controversial, awkward, prickly, thorny; difficult, knotty, tough, taxing, trying, troublesome, irksome, vexatious, bothersome, worrying, upsetting; complicated, complex, involved, convoluted, intricate, vexed; informal sticky; Brit. informal dodgy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ticklish

tick lish /tɪ́k (ə )lɪʃ /形容詞 1 〈人が 〉くすぐったがりの ; 〈体の一部が 〉くすぐったい .2 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗扱いが難しい, 慎重を要する 〈状況 問題など 〉; すぐ腹を立てる, 怒りっぽい 〈人 〉.～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞