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Definitions for Touchy

[1] apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
[2] requiring caution, tactfulness, or expert handling; precarious; risky: a touchy subject; a touchy situation.
[3] sensitive to touch.
[4] easily ignited, as tinder.
[5] easily upset or irritated; oversensitive
[6] extremely risky
[7] easily ignited

Words related to Touchy

tricky, jumpy, testy, precarious, sensitive, uptight, volatile, delicate, ticklish, risky, dicey, hypersensitive, bad-tempered, cantankerous, captious, choleric, cranky, cross, grouchy, grumpy

Words nearby Touchy

touchpad, touchpaper, touchscreen, touchstone, touchwood, touchy, touchy-feely, touché, touggourt, tough, tough break

Origin of Touchy

1595–1605; variant of techy2 (a variant of tetchy), by association with touch

Other words from Touchy

touch·i·ly , adverb
touch·i·ness , noun

Synonyms for Touchy

delicate, dicey, hypersensitive, jumpy, precarious, risky, sensitive, testy, ticklish, tricky, uptight, volatile, bad-tempered, bundle of nerves, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, cranky, cross, grouchy, grumpy, hazardous, irascible, irritable, mean, ornery, oversensitive, peevish, perturbable, pettish, petulant, querulous, quick-tempered, splenetic, surly, temperamental, thin-skinned, unpredictable, unsafe, wired up, wound up