touchy
About 0.59 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
- adjective Easily offended, oversensitive.
He can be very touchy when you talk about his estranged son, so be as tactful as possible.
- adjective Inclined to engage in physical touch.
- verb To touch.
Similar words
thin-skinned feisty ill-natured huffy sensitive tricky difficult jumpy sore delicate
Often followed by
about and subject on issue as situation question subjects
Word family
touchier touchiest touchily touchiness touchinesses
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