touchy-feely
Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
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How to use touchy-feely in a sentence
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 | THE DAILY BEASTNursing 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIt 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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that one who touched so many felt above the touchy-feely-gritty parts of politics?
Would You Rather do Real Work, or Joke About the President? | David Frum | March 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWe 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for touchy-feely
/ (ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ) /
informal, sometimes derogatory openly displaying one's emotions and affections
Derived forms of touchy-feely
- touchy-feeliness, noun
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