If you describe something as touchy-feely, you mean that it involves people expressing emotions such as love and affection openly in a way which you find embarrassing and silly.
[disapproval]
...a touchy-feely song about making your life worth living.
touchy-feely in British English
(ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ)
adjective
informal, sometimes derogatory
openly displaying one's emotions and affections
Derived forms
touchy-feeliness (ˈtouchy-ˈfeeliness)
noun
touchy-feely in American English
(ˈtʌtʃiˈfili)
Informal
adjective
of or characterized by the overt display of affection, compassion, and other tender feelings, as through hugging, crying, etc.
used disparagingly to convey excess, indulgence, superficiality, etc.
a touchy-feely support group
Examples of 'touchy-feely' in a sentence
touchy-feely
Coaching has a bit of a touchy-feely reputation in some business circles.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She has a flirty character and in one of our meetings she began to get very touchy-feely.
The Sun (2014)
Can we get a bit touchy-feely?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The hotel industry is not all about touchy-feely stuff, though.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Getting touchy-feely is also good - something as small as a touch on the arm as you chat will work wonders.