Ticklish

Synonyms for "ticklish" (133 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Adjective(1 words)
delicate

Strong matches (40)

Related words (66)

Adjective(1 words)
touchy

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Translations

54 translations across 26 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • деликатен adj (delicate)
  • щекотлив adj (delicate)

Chinese

3 entries
  • 畏𢸣 adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • 驚某 /惊某 adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • 驚𢸣 /惊𢸣 adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 怕癢 /怕痒 adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • 怕老婆 adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Czech

4 entries
  • choulostivý adj (delicate)
  • citlivý adj (delicate)
  • lechtivý adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • ožehavý adj (delicate)

Dutch

3 entries
  • delicaat adj (delicate)
  • kietelig adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • netelig adj (delicate)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kõdikartlik adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Finnish

4 entries
  • arkaluontoinen adj (delicate)
  • herkkä adj (delicate)
  • kutiaa adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • kutiava adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

French

1 entries
  • chatouilleux adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Gallo

1 entries
  • chatouillou adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

German

4 entries
  • brenzlig adj (delicate)
  • heikel adj (delicate)
  • kitzelig adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • kitzlig adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • csiklandós adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • kényes adj (delicate)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • kitlinn adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • viðkvæmur adj (delicate)

Irish

2 entries
  • cigilteach adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • cigilteach adj (delicate)

Italian

1 entries
  • solleticoso adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Japanese

1 entries
  • くすぐったい adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • tǖmāngmāng adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Latin

1 entries
  • tītillōsus adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kitlen adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Polish

1 entries
  • łaskotliwy adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • coceguento adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • cosquento adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Russian

4 entries
  • боя́щийся щеко́тки adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • делика́тный adj (delicate)
  • чувстви́тельный к щеко́тке adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • щекотли́вый adj (delicate)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • golìcav adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • golìcljiv adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • škàkljiv adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)
  • голѝцав adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Spanish

1 entries
  • cosquilloso adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kittlig adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • maligawgaw adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • який боїться лоскотки adj (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I'm ticklish.

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Tom is ticklish.

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Are you ticklish?

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Tom tried to tickle Mary, but found out she was much less ticklish than he was.

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