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touchiness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | testiness, tetchiness |
| Type of | choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| Derivation | touchy |
Examples of touchiness
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Airline touchiness aside, is stuffing your coat with luggage okay with the feds?
From the washingtonpost.com
This sort of touchiness is a key component of the psychology of a post-crisis world.
From the newsweek.com
In those days, the code of male honor was medieval in its touchiness and consequences.
From the stltoday.com
Her reactions also provided a reliable marker of the political touchiness of an issue.
From the smh.com.au
There is also touchiness about Ukrainian collaboration with the Nazis.
From the economist.com
I'm interested in exploring the discomfort in the area, the touchiness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Why then the evident touchiness about talk of religion in public life?
From the guardian.co.uk
In the last analysis, with his quite-literal touchiness, Flip is standing in for most of us.
From the time.com
Your irritability and touchiness just might have a medical reason.
From the psychcentral.com
- Testiness: feeling easily irritated
- (touchy) huffy: quick to take offense
- (touchy) delicate: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
- Touchy! is the third single to be released by a-ha from the Stay on These Roads album. The bassline on this song was recorded using a Yamaha DX7. It achieved world sales of 1,100,000 copies.
- The property of being touchy
- (touchier) comparative form of touchy: more touchy
- (touchy) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness; Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish
