touchy English

Meaning touchy meaning

What does touchy mean?

touchy

— adjective (= delicate, ticklish) difficult to handle; requiring great tact delicate negotiations with the big powers hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter a touchy subject

— adjective (= huffy) quick to take offense

Synonyms touchy synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as touchy?

touchy English » English

sensitive

irritable

susceptible

delicate

ticklish

prickly

petulant

quick to take offence

peevish

thin-skinned

tetchy

testy

pettish

irascible

huffy

fretful

emotional

bad-tempered

thin skinned

temperamental

techy

short of temper

resentful

quick-tempered

queasy

moody

kittle

ill-tempered

highly inflammable

grumpy

grouchy

feisty

edgy

easily offended

deflagrable

waspish

volatile

violent

untouched

umbrageous

touchous

tender

stubborn

squeamish

spleenful

sorehead

snappy

short-tempered

sentient

scratchy

Topics touchy topics

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  have a temper irascible bilious cantankerous choleric cranky grouch hot tempered hot headed ill-tempered irascible irritable easily offended quick-tempered prim prude sensitive thin-skinned touchy