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Synonyms for touchy
ˈtʌtʃ i
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Princeton's WordNet
huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy(adj)
quick to take offense
Synonyms:
mad, delicate, feisty, ticklish, thin-skinned, plucky, huffy, spunky, soreAntonyms:
easy, insensitivedelicate, ticklish, touchy(adj)
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
touchy(a.)
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
rank | 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?
When we drink a little, we get a little closer, we get a little more touchy, hands can touch shoulders; we just need to be careful with that.
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.
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.
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.
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