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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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