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单词 touchy-feely
释义

touchy-feely

[ tuhch-ee-fee-lee ]
/ ˈtʌtʃ iˈfi li /
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adjective

Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.

Words nearby touchy-feely

touch-tone, touch-type, touch-up, touchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, Touggourt, tough, tough break, toughen, toughie
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Example sentences from the Web for touchy-feely

  • And so every presidential campaign of the television age has pushed the touchy-feely button.

    Michael Tomasky on How Tricky Mitt Romney Is Aping Richard Nixon|Michael Tomasky|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • Nursing is touchy-feely, and America is squeamish about anything touchy-feely outside of sex and art.

    The Bogus Breastfeeding Debate Over Nursing Older Kids|Diane Wiessinger|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • It avoids that treacly, touchy-feely ground on which Democrats so love to walk.

    Michael Tomasky: With Joe Biden’s Speech, The Democrats Finally Man Up|Michael Tomasky|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • We are uncomfortable having the “touchy-feely” conversations with our buddies about sadness and guilt and stress.

    The Killing of a Park Ranger on Mount Rainier Reminds Us to Help Returning Soldiers|Benjamin Tupper|January 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for touchy-feely

touchy-feely
/ (ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ) /

adjective

informal, sometimes derogatory openly displaying one's emotions and affections

Derived forms of touchy-feely

touchy-feeliness, noun
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