ticklish

Definition

Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

Etymology

From tickle + -ish.

Example Sentences

• "She is ticklish only on her tummy and the bottoms of her feet."
• "That was the funeral oration of one friend and client; and he could not help a certain apprehension lest the good name of another should be sucked down in the eddy of the scandal. It was, at least, a ticklish decision that he had to make; and self-reliant as he was by habit, he began to cherish a longing for advice."
• "Opening round three, Enderby moved the ticklish issue of whether to advise the Hong Kong government of the intelligence regarding Ko."