touchy

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//ˈtʌt͡ʃi//

Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

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1
Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
Eminent Americans are to be invited to direct by will their interment there; and in the case of Americans not so eminent as to be invited, but who have nevertheless expressed a wish to join the others, a committee will decide. It seems a touchy business all along...
2
Easily offended, oversensitive.
He can be very touchy when you talk about his estranged son, so be as tactful as possible.
I can assure you, Mr Hosier, that other people are much more touchy about my blindness than I am.
Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.
3
informaleInclined to engage in physical touch.

Etimologia

A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y.

Forme

comparativo: touchier
superlativo: touchiest

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touchy · Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

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