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touchiness

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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.
touchi·ly adv.
touchi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.touchinesstouchiness - feeling easily irritated            
testiness, tetchiness
choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance - an irritable petulant feeling
Translations
touchiness [ˈtʌtʃɪnɪs] N → susceptibilidad f
touchiness
n → Empfindlichkeit f (→ on in Bezug auf +acc); (= irritability also) → leichte Reizbarkeit; because of the touchiness of this subject → weil dieses Thema so heikel ist
touchiness [ˈtʌtʃɪnɪs] n → permalosità f inv, suscettibilità f inv
touchiness [ˈtʌtʃɪnɪs] n → permalosità f inv, suscettibilità f inv


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The princess had grown accustomed to this already with her other daughters, but now she felt that there was more ground for the prince's touchiness.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But, if you be ashamed of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
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My touchiness about trifles, dear master and mistress.
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