Synonyms for Touchy
ˈtʌtʃ itouchy

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1. touchy

   Synonyms:
   testy, peevish, irritable

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1. huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchyadjective

   quick to take offense

   Synonyms:
   mad, delicate, feisty, ticklish, thin-skinned, plucky, touchy, huffy, spunky, sore

   Antonyms:
   easy, insensitive

2. delicate, ticklish, touchyadjective

   difficult to handle; requiring great tact

   "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

   Synonyms:
   delicate, feisty, ticklish, soft, fragile, touchy, frail, huffy, thin-skinned, finespun

   Antonyms:
   easy, insensitive

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1. touchyadjective

   Synonyms:
   peevish, snappish, waspish, cross, testy, irritable, fretful, splenetic, irascible, petulant, choleric, peppery, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, like tinder, like touch-wood

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1. touchyadjective

   Synonyms:
   irascible, irritable, petulant, testy, choleric, snappish

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1. List of paraphrases for "touchy":

   sensitive

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1. Eileen Cuevas:

   It’s very personal, it’s still weird talking about it. He was trying to get to my mom. It was meant for everyone that was in the house. I mean, the man had four or five propane tanks in the car. They were friends and it turned out really bad. This is very personal to our family, so it’s kind of touchy.

2. Vlad Kirgiz:

   It's a touchy subject. A lot of (people) believe they will be divinely protected, that God is stronger than the virus.

3. Dan Washburn:

   For Xi, golf is just such a touchy topic back home, saddled with so much baggage -- the optics would be awful, with or without Trump.

4. Photographer Shields previously toldFox NewsGriffin:

   That’s what art is meant to do, some people look at it and they love it. Some people look at it and they hate it … I understand there are going to be people that hate this. It’s a very touchy subject … but this is not real. We did n’t kill anybody nor do I feel anybody should be killed. It’s no different from a movie. It just happens to be a still image.

5. Saundra Pelletier:

   I'm not the most emotional, touchy-feely person, but it was hard not to tear up.