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 Definitions of touchy  [ˈtʌtʃ i]  

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Definition of 'touchy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) touchy
apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable.

2.  touchy
requiring caution, tactfulness, or expert handling; precarious; risky.

3.  touchy
sensitive to touch.

4.  touchy
easily ignited, as tinder.

Etymology:  (1595–1605)

Definition of 'touchy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy
quick to take offense

2. (adj) delicate, ticklish, touchy
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
"delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"


Definition of 'touchy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) touchy
irritable
What are you being so touchy about?

2.  touchy
likely to cause anger or upset; = sensitive
a touchy subject


Definition of 'touchy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) touchy
peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire


Translation of 'touchy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: easily annoyed or offended
You're very touchy today; in rather a touchy mood.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: liggeraak Arabic flag Arabic: شَديد الحَساسيَه، سَريع ا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: докачлив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: melindroso Czech flag Czech: nedůtklivý German flag German: empfindlich
Danish flag Danish: pirrelig Greek flag Greek: εύθικτος, μυγιάγγιχτος Spanish flag Spanish: susceptible
Estonian flag Estonian: kergestiärrituv Farsi flag Farsi: زودرنج Finnish flag Finnish: yliherkkä
French flag French: susceptible Hebrew flag Hebrew: רָגִיש Hindi flag Hindi: भावुक, अतिसुकुमार, चिड़चि
Croatian flag Croatian: osjetljiv, razdražljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: érzékeny Indonesian flag Indonesian: mudah tersinggung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fyrtinn Italian flag Italian: permaloso, suscettibile Japanese flag Japanese: 気むずかしい
Korean flag Korean: 화를 잘 내는, 신경질적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: per daug jautrus,įžeidus Latvian flag Latvian: jūtīgs; aizvainojams
Malay flag Malay: mudah tersinggung Dutch flag Dutch: prikkelbaar Norwegian flag Norwegian: nærtakende, irritabel
Polish flag Polish: przewrażliwiony Persian flag Persian: زودرنج Pashto flag Pashto: توند خويه، مرچكى، لنډ پار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: melindroso Romanian flag Romanian: sensibil Russian flag Russian: обидчивый
Slovak flag Slovak: nedotklivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: razdražljiv Serbian flag Serbian: razdražljiv
Swedish flag Swedish: snarstucken Thai flag Thai: ที่โกรธง่าย Turkish flag Turkish: alıngan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 易生氣的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: уразливий; надто чутливий Urdu flag Urdu: چڑچڑا، زود رنج
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dễ động lòng Chinese flag Chinese: 易生气的

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