• adj.
    ⦿difficult to handle; requiring great tact
    lexical concept
  • a touchy subject
  • delicate negotiations with the big powers
  • hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:delicate
  2. enl:ticklish
  3. enl:touchy
wn:interlingual indexili:i4134

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • delicateticklishtouchy
  • ticklishtouchy