touchy-feely

[tuhch-ee-fee-lee]

adjective

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

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touchy-feely (ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ)

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

'touchy-'feeliness

—n

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touchy-feely definition

mod.
very sensitive and empathetic; pretentiously compassionate. : Marge is so touchy-feely. She worries that anything she says may possibly offend someone.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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