touchy, adj.
(touchier, touchiest)
(touchier, touchiest)
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
delicate ticklish touchy
sample sentences
"delicate negotiations with the big powers""hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
"a touchy subject"
semantic pointers
similar to
quick to take offense
<adj.all>
feisty huffy thin-skinned touchy
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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