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щекотлив — meaning in English

shtekotliv

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English meaning

  • pernickety adj Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
  • prickly adj Covered with small sharp points or thorns.
  • ticklish adj Easily made to laugh or squirm when touched lightly; sensitive to tickling.

Senses

щекотлив is used for these senses in English:

  • pernickety Requiring attention to minor details.
  • prickly (figurative) Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny.
  • ticklish Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.

pernickety — full definition

  1. adj Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
  2. adj Requiring attention to minor details.

prickly — full definition

  1. adj Covered with small sharp points or thorns.
  2. adj Easily irritated or quick to take offence; touchy.

Related Bulgarian words