ticklish

adj.

1. Sensitive to tickling.
2. Easily offended or upset; touchy.
3. Requiring skillful or tactful handling; delicate: a ticklish matter.

ticklishly tick'lish·ly adv.
ticklishness tick'lish·ness n.

adjective

1. Following no predictable pattern: capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical. See change/persist, continue/stop/pause.
2. Requiring great tact or skill: delicate, sensitive, touch-and-go, touchy, tricky. See easy/hard.

adj

Definition: difficult, tricky
Antonyms: easy, straightforward, unproblematic

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: difficult to handle; requiring great tact
  Synonym: delicate

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kilden

Nederlands (Dutch)
netelig, kittelig, lichtgeraakt

Français (French)
adj. - chatouilleux, épineux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kitzelig, heikel, brenzlig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που γαργαλιέται εύκολα, γαργαλιάρης, που απαιτεί λεπτούς χειρισμούς, δύσκολος

Italiano (Italian)
imbarazzante, che soffre il solletico, permaloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - que faz cócegas, inconstante, delicado, sensível

Русский (Russian)
боящийся щекотки, щекотливый, деликатный (вопрос), чувствительный, ранимый, обидчивый, неустойчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cosquilloso, delicado, espinoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kittlig, knepig, kinkig, känslig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
怕痒的, 棘手的, 难对付的, 易怒的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 怕癢的, 棘手的, 難對付的, 易怒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 간지럼을 타는, 화 잘 내는, 불안정한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - くすぐったい, くすぐったがりの, 扱いにくい, 神経質な, 怒りっぽい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريع ألتأثر بالدغدغه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רגיש לדגדוג, נוח לצחוק, עדין, דורש טקט, מחייב זהירות‬

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