Word Finder - touchy

definition

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

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It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.

definition

(of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.

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He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.

Fox hunting has always been a touchy subject in my family.

Which of us is supposed to be the touchy one then?

This is a delicate project from my standpoint, so I'm a little touchy as to who deals with it.

She may begin building nests around the cage, and may also become more touchy with her rattie friends.

They were n't exactly ' touchy feely ' against us either.

Seems to be a bit touchy issue still, the substance abuse.

This politically touchy topic is also where the movie finds most of its greatest moments of humor.

For others, it's easier to ignore many of the issues surrounding this touchy subject.

I feel as if she's not happy with me for some reason and every time I try to talk to her about it, she becomes defensive and upset (talking with her about anything she's hurting with is usually a touchy subject).

And he was so touchy, too, so ready to resent opposition.

In fact, estate agents are extremely touchy about how much they influence ever-spiralling house prices.

He is a good mate, rather touchy on some points of etiquette, but very reasonable when he has cooled down.

One option is to raise your rates, but this can be touchy.

It could be touchy.

His cool reproach smarted, but the previous terse answers about his mother should have warned her that it was a touchy subject.

They have been touchy about, if not intolerant of, criticism, betraying a lack of introspection.

My Dad has to hold me cuz he says I get a bit touchy.

Seeking Oliver, Tony is very touchy with Ed about his recent fishing trip with Mike.

O'Leary had suggested the club should not sell Rio Ferdinand, and the plc was getting touchy about any hint of dissent.

This is a delicate project from my standpoint, so I 'm a little touchy as to who deals with it.

When it comes to personality traits, emo individuals tend to be classified as shy, sensitive, and touchy.

The baby announcement was especially touchy, after the post-divorce whispers about Jennifer Aniston delaying motherhood for her career.

Gaming piracy is a very touchy subject, as you know.

The field of emulation is a touchy subject.

Unlike most of the other games, the view is from behind the dashboard rather than overhead, however the controls can be a bit touchy and avoiding some of the obstacles is near impossible.

Some 1995 models had defective battery issues with a potential for explosion, and 1997 models had airbag systems that were so touchy that any slight shock to the system could set off an accidental airbag deployment.

The business of Martha's bones took a back seat to her present whereabouts and the touchy problem of Mr. Fitzgerald.

But Frenchmen, always touchy on such a point, regarded Voltaire as something of a deserter; and it was not long before he bitterly repented his desertion, though his residence in Prussia lasted nearly three years.

Even Voltaire did not venture to publish this lampoon on a great official of a prince so touchy as the king of Prussia without some permission, and if all tales are true he obtained this by another piece of something like forgery - getting the king to endorse a totally different pamphlet on its last leaf, and affixing that last leaf to Akakia.