Synonyms of the word touchy


TOUCHYDELICATE - DIFFICULT - FEISTY - HARD - HUFFY - SENSITIVE - THIN-SKINNED - TICKLISH

touchy

  • adj. (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable;…
  • adj. (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.

delicate

  • adj. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
  • adj. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
  • adj. Intended for use with fragile items.
  • adj. Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
  • adj. Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
  • adj. (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
  • adj. (obsolete) Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.
  • adj. Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
  • adj. Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
  • adj. Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
  • adj. Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
  • adj. Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
  • adj. Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
  • n. A delicate item of clothing, especially underwear or lingerie.
  • n. (obsolete) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
  • n. (obsolete) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

difficult

  • adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • adj. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

feisty

  • adj. Tenacious, energetic, spunky.
  • adj. Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other…
  • adj. Easily offended and ready to bicker.

hard

  • adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. Unquestionable.
  • adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
  • adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
  • adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
  • adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
  • adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
  • adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
  • adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
  • adv. (manner) With difficulty.
  • adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
  • adv. (manner) Compactly.
  • adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
  • n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
  • n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

huffy

  • adj. Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.
  • adj. Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy.
  • adj. Puffed up.

sensitive

  • adj. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
  • adj. Responsive to stimuli.
  • adj. (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.
  • adj. (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
  • adj. (of an instrument) Accurate.
  • n. One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

thin-skinned

  • adj. Used other than as an idiom: see thin, skinned.
  • adj. (idiomatic) overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.

ticklish

  • adj. Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.
  • adj. Touchy, sensitive, or delicate.

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