ticklish

• Bezeichnet eine Person, die empfindlich auf Kitzeln reagiert, oder eine Angelegenheit, die heikel ist und vorsichtige Behandlung erfordert.

Describes a person who is sensitive to tickling, or a situation that is delicate and requires careful handling.

1. Sensitive to ticklingA2informal

   Reacting strongly to being touched lightly in certain areas, often causing laughter.

   Kitzelig

   • She is very ticklish under her arms.
   • He laughed because he is ticklish on his feet.
   • The child squirmed away because he was ticklish.

2. Delicate or trickyB2formal

   Requiring careful handling or diplomacy; difficult to manage without causing offense or problems.

   Heikel

   • The negotiations were a ticklish situation that needed a skilled mediator.
   • Discussing salary can be a ticklish subject in many workplaces.
   • He handled the ticklish question with great tact and diplomacy.

   Synonymeawkwarddelicatedifficultknottyprecariousproblematicalriskysensitivestickythornytouchytricky

   Antonymeeasysimplestraightforwardtractableuncomplicated