TICKLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ticklish mean? 

• TICKLISH (adjective)
  The adjective TICKLISH has 1 sense:

1. difficult to handle; requiring great tact

  Familiarity information: TICKLISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TICKLISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult to handle; requiring great tact

Synonyms:

delicate; ticklish; touchy

Context example:

a touchy subject

Similar:

difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)

 Context examples 

The brain's response will be much larger and creates a ticklish feeling.

(Talking to Ourselves And Voices in Our Heads, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

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.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Now, treasure is ticklish work; I don't like treasure voyages on any account, and I don't like them, above all, when they are secret and when (begging your pardon, Mr. Trelawney) the secret has been told to the parrot.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)