touchy
51touchy feely — Meaning Sensitive and caring, especially in contexts where hard and businesslike is the norm. Origin The early 1990s, called the caring nineties by some journalists, saw the introduction of this term …
52touchy situation — sensitive situation, difficult set of circumstances, precarious state, ticklish situation …
53touchy-feely — adjective informal, often derogatory openly expressing affection or other emotions. ↘characteristic of or relating to such behaviour …
54touchy-feely — UK [ˌtʌtʃɪ ˈfiːlɪ] / US [ˌtʌtʃɪ ˈfɪlɪ] adjective informal tending to express feelings in an honest and physical way. This word often shows that you dislike people like this …
55touchy-feely — touch•y feel•y [[t]ˈtʌtʃ iˈfi li[/t]] adj. cvb inf emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality …
56feisty touchy — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …
57tetchy — Touchy, ill tempered …
58delicate subject — touchy subject, sensitive issue …
59touchily — touchy ► ADJECTIVE (touchier, touchiest) 1) quick to take offence; oversensitive. 2) (of a situation or issue) requiring careful handling. DERIVATIVES touchily adverb touchiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of …
60touchiness — touchy ► ADJECTIVE (touchier, touchiest) 1) quick to take offence; oversensitive. 2) (of a situation or issue) requiring careful handling. DERIVATIVES touchily adverb touchiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of …