touchy
adjective /ˈtʌtʃ.i/Definition
› easily offended or upset: You have to be careful what you say to Kevin - he's rather touchy. She's very touchy about the fact that her husband has been married before.Becoming too excited and easily upset › needing to be dealt with carefully: This is a touchy subject/issue/point, so we'd better avoid it.Complicated and difficult to doDifficult to understand touchily /-ɪ.li/ adverb Bad-tempered touchiness /-nəs/ noun [U] › Everyone is aware of the touchiness of the situation (= that it needs to be dealt with carefully).Bad-tempered
(Definition of touchy adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- antsy adjective
- at the end of your tether idiom
- be in a lather idiom
- be in a whirl idiom
- demented adjective
- excitable adjective
- febrile adjective (ACTIVE)
- have ants in your pants idiom
- highly strung adjective
- hot under the collar idiom
- hyper adjective
- hyperactive adjective
- hysteria noun
- hysterical adjective
- overeager adjective
- overwrought adjective
- sensitive adjective (UPSET)
- squeamish adjective
- squeamishly adverb
- thin-skinned adjective
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