Antonyms for touchy
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : tuhch-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌtʃ i |
Definition of touchy
Origin :- "too sensitive," c.1600, perhaps an alteration of tetchy (q.v.) influenced by touch (v.). Related: Touchiness.
- adj easily offended
- These Cape Codders are self-respecting and touchy, you know.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Besides, he's a touchy person, and my husband is most tenacious regarding him.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- I have taken pains with the dialogue, and made it as sharp and touchy as I could.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
- Tim often said he would be a soldier when he came to be a man, and was touchy on the point.
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- For goodness' sake, don't take to gettin' touchy like some people are!
- Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
- No small stint I had of it too; for he was peevish and touchy as a young badger.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- I'm not touchy, goodness knows, but afterall a name's a piece of property.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- Mr. Brown took to his bed in the lodge, and Mr. Traill was touchy in his temper.
- Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
- "People are so touchy on these occasions," said his majesty.
- Extract from : « Prince Prigio » by Andrew Lang
- He was huffy in a moment; I never knew a man so touchy about an aunt.
- Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome
Synonyms for touchy
- bad-tempered
- bundle of nerves
- cantankerous
- captious
- choleric
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- delicate
- dicey
- grouchy
- grumpy
- hazardous
- hypersensitive
- irascible
- irritable
- jumpy
- mean
- ornery
- oversensitive
- peevish
- perturbable
- pettish
- petulant
- precarious
- querulous
- quick-tempered
- risky
- sensitive
- splenetic
- surly
- temperamental
- testy
- thin-skinned
- ticklish
- tricky
- unpredictable
- unsafe
- uptight
- volatile
- wired up
- wound up
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