touchy (redirected from touchier)

touch·y  (tch)

adj. touch·i·er, touch·i·est

1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.

2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate: a touchy situation.

3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.

4. Easily ignited; flammable.

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touchi·ly adv.

touchi·ness n.

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touchy [ˈtʌtʃɪ]

adj touchier, touchiest

1. easily upset or irritated; oversensitive

2. extremely risky

3. easily ignited

touchily  adv

touchiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	touchy - quick to take offense                 huffy, thin-skinned, feisty sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
	2.	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" ticklish, delicate difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

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touchy

adjective

1. oversensitive, irritable, bad-tempered, cross, crabbed, grumpy, surly, petulant, irascible, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), thin-skinned, grouchy (informal), querulous, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, easily offended, captious, pettish, toey (N.Z. slang) She is very touchy about her past.
oversensitive pleasant, indifferent, insensitive, sweet, cheerful, easy-going, good-humoured, genial, affable, unconcerned, imperious, thick-skinned, light-hearted

2. delicate, sensitive, tricky, risky, sticky (informal), thorny, knotty, ticklish a touchy subject

Translations

touchy [ˈtʌtʃɪ] ADJ (touchier (compar) (touchiest (superl)))

1. (= sensitive) [person] → susceptible; [subject] → delicado
to be touchy → ofenderse por poca cosa, ser(muy)susceptible
he's touchy about his weight → su peso es un tema delicado
that's a touchy subject with him → es delicado mencionarle ese asunto

2. (= tactile) [person] → sobón

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touchy [ˈtʌtʃi] adj [person] → susceptible; [subject] → délicat(e)
She's a bit touchy → Elle est un peu susceptible.
to be touchy about sth → être chatouilleux/euse sur qch
touchy-feely [ˌtʌtʃiˈfiːli] adj [song, speech, attitude] → émotionnel(le)

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touchy

adj → empfindlich (→ about in Bezug auf +acc); (= irritable also) → leicht reizbar; subject → heikel, kitzlig (inf)

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touchy [ˈtʌtʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → permaloso/a, suscettibile; (subject) → delicato/a
he's touchy about his weight → è molto suscettibile quando si parla del suo peso

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