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Antonyms for touchiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tuhch-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌtʃ i

Definition of touchiness

Origin : "too sensitive," c.1600, perhaps an alteration of tetchy (q.v.) influenced by touch (v.). Related: Touchiness.

As in nervousness : noun anxious state
As in temper : noun angriness; bad mood
As in testiness : noun irritability
As in irascibility : noun temper
As in irascibleness : noun temper
As in jitters : noun nervous restlessness
As in short fuse : noun temper
As in tetchiness : noun temper

Example sentences :

It is chronically troubled with "the disease of touchiness."
Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon

However that may be, you shall never be able to reproach me for touchiness.
Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy

Allow me to tell you, that your petulance and touchiness are almost incredible.
Extract from : « The Wandering Jew, Complete » by Eugene Sue

Their touchiness, their affectation, their lack of culture—all are inherent in them.
Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee

As to San Francisco's "touchiness" upon the subject there is this much more to be said.
Extract from : « Abroad at Home » by Julian Street

There was a simplicity in the man which would have disarmed a touchiness even more youthful than mine.
Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

The desert regions of the West seemed always to breed truculence and touchiness.
Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough

The touchiness of that official does credit rather to his zeal than to his judgment—and, besides, he is obviously no humorist.
Extract from : « The History of "Punch" » by M. H. Spielmann

It is a newcomer in the literary world; and it has the self-assertiveness and the touchiness natural to the situation.
Extract from : « Materials and Methods of Fiction » by Clayton Hamilton

His touchiness upon the subject of his own benefactions remanded her pleasurably of Reifferscheid.
Extract from : « She Buildeth Her House » by Will Comfort

Synonyms for touchiness

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