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[ tuhch-ee ] / ˈtʌtʃ i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR touchy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, touch·i·er, touch·i·est.apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick. requiring caution, tactfulness, or expert handling; precarious; risky: a touchy subject; a touchy situation. sensitive to touch. easily ignited, as tinder. Origin of touchyFirst recorded in 1595–1605; variant of techy2 (a variant of tetchy), by association with touch SYNONYMS FOR touchy1 testy, irascible, edgy, snappish, cranky. SEE SYNONYMS FOR touchy ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for touchy1. See irritable. OTHER WORDS FROM touchytouch·i·ly, adverbtouch·i·ness, nounWords nearby touchytouch-tackle, touch-tone, touch-type, touch-up, touchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, Touggourt, tough, tough break, toughen Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for touchyThere are plenty of touchy subjects I am happy to discuss with my patients and their families. Kids Don’t Know How Overweight They Really Are|Russell Saunders|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Nobody else was as forthright with me about this touchy topic. Reading Prison Novels In Prison|Daniel Genis|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST The question of military service is a touchier issue—but is it touchy enough to break up the band? The Lapid-Bennett Alliance Is Breaking Down|Emily L. Hauser|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST But could sharp elbows and a touchy personality knock out this frontrunner too? Can Chris Christie Avoid the Giuliani Jinx?|Lloyd Green|August 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But a father's presence in the delivery room remains a touchy subject. Sarkozy Missed Daughter's Birth—What People Think|Jessica Bennett|October 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST She was a touchy ship, quick to resent and avenge a slight on her good name. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Feb. 26, 1919|Various The illustrations should be of the most graphic kind, and the descriptive part as narrative and touchy as possible. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)|Edmund Downey I'm not referring to the lumber end at all; so don't get touchy. Cappy Ricks Retires|Peter B. Kyne She is so touchy, she said to the others, about Uncle Peters money. The Corner House Girls|Grace Brooks Hill Often have I noticed how the majority of men get touchy about their cooking. Wings of the Wind|Credo Harris
British Dictionary definitions for touchy
adjective touchier or touchiesteasily upset or irritated; oversensitive extremely risky easily ignited Derived forms of touchytouchily, adverbtouchiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to touchytricky, jumpy, testy, precarious, sensitive, uptight, volatile, delicate, ticklish, risky, dicey, hypersensitive, bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, choleric, cranky, cross, grouchy, grumpy |