Synonyms
touchy - 4 dictionary results
touch⋅y
[tuhch-ee] 
i
–adjective, touch⋅i⋅er, touch⋅i⋅est.
| 1. | apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick. |
| 2. | requiring caution, tactfulness, or expert handling; precarious; risky: a touchy subject; a touchy situation. |
| 3. | sensitive to touch. |
| 4. | easily ignited, as tinder. |
Related forms:
touch⋅i⋅ly, adverb
touch⋅i⋅ness, noun
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| touch·y (tŭch'ē) adj. touch·i·er, touch·i·est
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Touchy
Touch"y\, a. [For techy, tetchy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. --Saintsbury.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : touchy
Spanish:
susceptible,
German:
empfindlich,
Japanese:
気むずかしい
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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