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What is the adjective for ticklier?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb tickle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

ticklish
  1. Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
  2. Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. difficult, tricky, delicate, thorny, problematic, sensitive, knotty, sticky, prickly, tough, awkward, problematical, touchy, hairy, dodgy, troublesome, complicated, nasty, controversial, catchy, tricksy, complex, spiny, hard, intricate, involved, trying, taxing, vexatious, irksome, precarious, convoluted, upsetting, worrying, bothersome, critical, risky, uncertain, dangerous, volatile, vexed, concerning, unstable, nice, chancy, rocky, unsteady, capricious, changeable, fickle … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “I gently maneuvered the delicate ticklish instrument with utmost precision to successfully complete the complex surgery.”
      “Her boss was quite ticklish, often taking offense at the smallest critique and becoming defensive.”
      “Dale prodded at a ticklish spot on Tiffany's stomach with his fingers, which made her giggle.”
tickly
  1. Having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
  2. Producing an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. itchy, irritating, prickly, scratchy, itching, irritated, pruritic, inflamed, uncomfortable, chafing, stinging, tingling, erythematous, crawling, smarting, prickling, tingly, ticklish, sharp, pricking, creeping, awkward, embarrassing, painful, charged, tense, unnerving, unpleasant, disturbing, disagreeable, uneasy, vexatious, difficult, sticky, thorny, distressing, galling, flustering, annoying, bitter, tricky, disconcerting, torturous, troublesome, discomfiting, dolorous, bumpy, worrisome, rough, hard … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Pholcodine linctus suppresses dry coughs and simple linctus soothes the throat or tickly cough without any side effects.”
      “Both colds and flu start with a runny nose, tickly throat, fever and aches.”
      “A bead of tickly sweat runs slowly down your neck, even though it is neither hot nor humid where you are.”
tickle
  1. Changeable, capricious; insecure.
ticklesome
  1. Characterised or marked by tickling
tickling
  1. That tickles
  2. Synonyms:
      3. itchy, prickly, prickling, tingling, crawling, crawly, stinging, scratchy, burning, smarting, sharp, irritating, tingly, painful, biting, piercing, caustic, ticklish, pricking, itching, tickly, creeping, mocking, ribbing, joshing, bantering, kidding, jokey, joking, mischievous, playful, teasing, badgering, coquettish, coy, flirtatious, suggestive, tantalising, tantalizing, tempting, tongue-in-cheek … more
ticklier
  1. comparative form of tickly: more tickly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. itchier, pricklier, scratchier, more irritating, more irritated, more inflamed, more uncomfortable, more stinging, more smarting, tinglier, sharper, more ticklish, awkwarder, more embarrassing, painfuller, tenser, more disturbing, more disagreeable, unpleasanter, more uneasy, stickier, thornier, difficulter, more distressing, more vexatious, more disconcerting, trickier, bitterer, more discomfiting, more galling, more annoying, more troublesome, more torturous, more flustering, more dolorous, more fraught, harder, bumpier, rougher, more worrisome, more grievous, more incommodious, more confronting, more wearisome, more distressed, more afflictive, more ill-fitting, more sensitive, more delicate, knottier … more
tickliest
  1. superlative form of tickly: most tickly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. itchiest, prickliest, scratchiest, most irritating, most irritated, most inflamed, most uncomfortable, most stinging, most smarting, tingliest, sharpest, most ticklish, awkwardest, most embarrassing, painfullest, most disturbing, tensest, most disagreeable, unpleasantest, most uneasy, most vexatious, difficultest, thorniest, stickiest, most distressing, most discomfiting, bitterest, most disconcerting, most torturous, most galling, most troublesome, most annoying, trickiest, most flustering, most fraught, most dolorous, roughest, most worrisome, hardest, bumpiest, most distressed, most wearisome, most afflictive, most confronting, most grievous, most incommodious, most ill-fitting, most sensitive, most delicate, knottiest … more
tickled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tickle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excited, thrilled, exhilarated, roused, stirred, animated, enlivened, enthused, stimulated, delighted, inspired, inspirited, invigorated, moved, elated, lifted, vitalized, buoyed, charged, electrified, enraptured, galvanized, gladdened, gripped, heartened, intoxicated, pumped up, uplifted, bucked up, energised, energized, envigorated, galvanised, gingered up, jazzed up, livened up, pepped up, perked up, picked up, stirred up, evoked, fired, gave someone a buzz, lit a fire under, put zip into, quickened, lift, aroused, titillated, overjoyed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Spring is working its magic on me and I'm feeling tickled about lots of fun spring things! So, come on in. I want you to be tickled too!”
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