Synonyms for touchy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tuhch-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌtʃ i

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Définition of touchy

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

adj easily offended

Example sentences :

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

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