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touchy

 
 
/ˈtʌtʃi/ adjective

Translation

easily upset
alıngan, aşırı duygusal, çabuk küsen
Why are you so touchy today?991
touchy subject/issue, etc a subject that you have to talk about carefully because it is likely to upset someone
hassas/nazik/özenle ele alınması gereken konu/husus/sorun
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(Definition of touchy adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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