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Synonyms for touchy
ˈtʌtʃ itouchy
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Princeton's WordNet
huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchyadjective
quick to take offense
Synonyms:
mad, delicate, feisty, ticklish, thin-skinned, plucky, huffy, spunky, soreAntonyms:
easy, insensitivedelicate, 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, frail, huffy, thin-skinned, finespunAntonyms:
easy, insensitive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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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List of paraphrases for "touchy":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2052 | soft | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#4248 | mad | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12985 | sore | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#32523 | frail | |
#45210 | touchy | |
#45589 | feisty | |
#48122 | ticklish | |
#50233 | spunky | |
#62710 | huffy | |
#74214 | testy | |
#78812 | plucky | |
#112226 | peevish |
How to use touchy in a sentence?
I'm not the most emotional, touchy-feely person, but it was hard not to tear up.
There is a lot of social demographic factors that makes( women) disadvantaged and I think that’s why they’re returning to work less, it’s a touchy subject, because it’s so socially sensitive.
I'm so happy this is happening. I fully support you. i'm not the most emotional, touchy-feely person, but it was hard not to tear up.
It is stunning how many times kids touch their faces and then touch other kids, this is a very touchy-feely demographic, and that's how we share germs. ... And the little ones don't have the same exposure to germs that we do, so until their immune systems get built up, they get sick.
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.
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