Synonyms for touchy
ˈtʌtʃ i

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1. huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy(adj)

   quick to take offense

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

   Antonyms:
   easy, insensitive

2. delicate, 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, finespun

   Antonyms:
   easy, insensitive

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1. touchy

   Synonyms:
   testy, peevish, irritable

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1. 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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1. touchy(a)

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "touchy":

   sensitive

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Indian

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How to use touchy in a sentence?

1. Saundra Pelletier:

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

2. Harley Rotbart:

   It is stunning how many times Your Kids touch Your Kids 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.

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. Erin Bromage:

   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.

5. 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.

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