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TOUCHY
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Irregular inflected forms: touchier , touchiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Difficult to handle; requiring great tact
Example:
a touchy subject
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Quick to take offense
Synonyms:
feisty; huffy; thin-skinned; touchy
Classified under:
Similar:
sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)
Derivation:
touchiness (feeling easily irritated)
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