touchy

Definition von touchy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish
He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.; 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.; {a} soon provoked, peevish, cross, strange; Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire; irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make judicious decisions"; {s} sensitive, irritable, thin-skinned; Easily angered; quick to take offense; If you say that something is a touchy subject, you mean that it is a subject that needs to be dealt with carefully and in a sensitive way, because it might upset or offend people. the touchy question of political reform. = delicate; disapproval If you describe someone as touchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated. She is very touchy about her past = sensitive
touchy-feeliness: The state or condition of being touchy-feely
touchy-feely: Driven by intuition or emotion, with a connotation of de-emphasis of rational thought or logic
He preferred the clarity of science and left the touchy-feely stuff to others.
touchy-feely: Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree
My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.
touchy situation: sensitive situation, difficult set of circumstances, precarious state, ticklish situation
touchy-feely: (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact)
touchy-feely: disapproval If you describe something as touchy-feely, you mean that it involves people expressing emotions such as love and affection openly in a way which you find embarrassing and silly. a touchy-feely song about making your life worth living. too concerned with feelings and emotions, rather than with facts or actions
touchiness: {n} peevishness, irascibility, crossness
touchier: comparative of touchy
touchiest: superlative of touchy; most touchy
touchily: In a touchy manner
touchily: irritably, testily, grumpily, sensitively
touchily: in a touchy manner; "he touchily refused all offers to help
touchiness: {i} irritableness, grumpiness, sensitiveness
touchiness: The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility
touchiness: The property of being touchy
touchiness: feeling easily irritated