Definition of touchy in English:

touchy

adjectivetouchiest, touchier ˈtʌtʃiˈtətʃi

1Easily upset or offended; oversensitive.
she's a little touchy about her age
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, estate agents are extremely touchy about how much they influence ever-spiralling house prices.
- Diplomats from other countries were as touchy.
- Okay, I'm touchy at the moment, that goes without saying.
- Certainly, the Americans have always been notoriously touchy when it comes to the inevitable gamesmanship that is always a part of match play at every level.
- Car owners have also become so touchy and fussy about the parking space that any encroachment leads to heated arguments and bouts of fisticuffs.
- And with Americans so touchy about their civil liberties, the Feds have to be legally covered to the hilt before they go snooping.
- And having tasted success, he is touchy about the movies he accepts.
- Now that the national has gone from relaxed and comfortable to alert but not alarmed, everyone's a little touchy about who might be up to no good.
- Like other rail bosses, Mr Pollard is touchy about accusations that not enough has been done to improve rail safety in the year since Paddington.
- They seem a touchy and aggressive lot and none of them seem to realize that aggression just leads to counter-aggression.
- This explains why the French are so touchy about their language.
- Before the Parkinsons he was never a touchy kind of guy.
- If you go too slowly, the person thinks you don't want to hug them, and you have a touchy, cranky person on your hands for the rest of the evening.
- If a woman is touchy about one thing it is usually her age.
- Hooke was a difficult man, fiercely competitive, touchy, quarrelsome, and a vicious critic.
- Suffice to say, the authorities may have been a bit touchy.
- They often lash out suddenly and for no apparent reason, and may seem to be touchy or irritable most of the time.
- We get touchy about letting too many of these discoveries out of the bag too soon, because we want to be the first to publish them and the leading authorities on the subject.
- Miller acknowledges that fans of the first record might still feel estranged from the band and understand why fans of the genre can be so touchy.
- Even cool Capricorns can get touchy and easily upset during the Time of the Crab.
Synonyms
sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin-skinned
irritable, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly, edgy, cross, surly, crusty, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, petulant, waspish, pettish, quarrelsome, splenetic, grumpy, fractious, highly strung, tense
informal grouchy, cranky, ratty
1. 1.1 (of an issue or situation) requiring careful handling; delicate.
  （问题，情况）需谨慎处理的；棘手的
  the monarchy has become a touchy topic
  君主制已成为一个棘手的话题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He addressed the touchy issue of European-American relations.
  This is a touchy topic, and not just because people tend to assume that understanding is a precursor to forgiveness.
  In any event, the White House tonight is maintaining a diplomatic silence on this apparently very touchy subject.
  The biggest expenditure in those days was the horse feed for the fire department, a touchy subject in a town that had already burned down a couple of times by then.
  This was unsurprising, since the topic is touchy and the play controversial.
  Solid waste has become a touchy issue these days, with tempers flaring up at the slightest mention of the topic anywhere.
  This young man obviously knows how to handle touchy diplomatic situations.
  Suicide is a touchy subject for the media, indeed the coroner has a full page of guidelines on how to write about it without inadvertently promoting it.
  Residential crowding on campus is a touchy topic for upperclassmen.
  In this kind of situation, touchy subjects are skirted and cones of silence descend.
  It's a touchy issue, I realize how complex and personal these decisions are to some people.
  By acquiescing to both England and Germany through the Iberian Indecision, France completely avoids this touchy issue.
  So we thought as well, but let's thank Shirley for breaking down the walls of stereotypical misconceptions about this touchy subject.
  Suggesting that design controls might have a racial aspect to them is a touchy topic, however it is naive to pretend that they might not.
  So this is a touchy issue and may not be true for all cases of guys.
  The homeless can make for a touchy subject for artists.
  The city, hoping to stave off a touchy situation, tested the water, which turned out to be harmless.
  For whatever sophistication guess hitting may require, it's also a touchy subject.
  They've actually hit upon a touchy topic here, so the less you let them know it bothers you, the better off you'll be.
  The natural body, the body as nature, and the nature of the body are three touchy topics in the realm of culture studies.
  Synonyms
  delicate, sensitive, tricky, ticklish, thorny, knotty, embarrassing, uncomfortable, uneasy, precarious, chancy, risky, uncertain, contentious, controversial, awkward, difficult
  informal sticky

Derivatives

touchily

adverb ˈtʌtʃɪliˈtətʃəli

‘We have Enchanting Arts last,’ she ordered touchily.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘What do you think you're doing?,’ she demanded, touchily.
- ‘Well, he's not the most subtle of people,’ said Enrique touchily.
- ‘No, you're saying it wrong,’ Sara said touchily.

touchiness

noun ˈtʌtʃɪnəsˈtətʃinəs

Recognizing the touchiness of sovereign states to outside criticism, there is little more that the applicant's country can do other than send gentle reminders when delays occur.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is good reason for the touchiness: in the First Crusade in 1099 Jerusalem was brutally captured and in the fighting the Christian soldiers of the western alliance killed 70,000 men, women and children.
- Ken, I'm continually amazed at your touchiness on this issue.
- You will appreciate our touchiness at being blamed for something which is being done in an extremely good cause, but which is outside our direct control and in which our express role has been to assist.
- Or is it just organised touchiness, a non-issue mirrored and magnified as a great moral discourse signifying nothing?
Synonyms
sensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitivity
irritability, tetchiness, testiness, crotchetiness, irascibility, peevishness, querulousness, bad-temperedness, short-temperedness, hot-temperedness, quick-temperedness, snappiness, captiousness, prickliness, edginess, crossness, surliness, crustiness, curmudgeonliness, cantankerousness, petulance, waspishness, pettishness, quarrelsomeness, spleen, grumpiness, fractiousness, tension
informal grouchiness, crankiness, rattiness, stickiness

Origin

Early 17th century: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch.

Rhymes

archduchy, duchy

Definition of touchy in US English:

touchy

adjectiveˈtəCHēˈtətʃi

1(of a person) oversensitive and irritable.
（人）过于敏感的，易怒的
Example sentencesExamples
- Miller acknowledges that fans of the first record might still feel estranged from the band and understand why fans of the genre can be so touchy.
- Like other rail bosses, Mr Pollard is touchy about accusations that not enough has been done to improve rail safety in the year since Paddington.
- They seem a touchy and aggressive lot and none of them seem to realize that aggression just leads to counter-aggression.
- This explains why the French are so touchy about their language.
- Diplomats from other countries were as touchy.
- We get touchy about letting too many of these discoveries out of the bag too soon, because we want to be the first to publish them and the leading authorities on the subject.
- And having tasted success, he is touchy about the movies he accepts.
- Suffice to say, the authorities may have been a bit touchy.
- In fact, estate agents are extremely touchy about how much they influence ever-spiralling house prices.
- If a woman is touchy about one thing it is usually her age.
- Okay, I'm touchy at the moment, that goes without saying.
- If you go too slowly, the person thinks you don't want to hug them, and you have a touchy, cranky person on your hands for the rest of the evening.
- Car owners have also become so touchy and fussy about the parking space that any encroachment leads to heated arguments and bouts of fisticuffs.
- Before the Parkinsons he was never a touchy kind of guy.
- Hooke was a difficult man, fiercely competitive, touchy, quarrelsome, and a vicious critic.
- Certainly, the Americans have always been notoriously touchy when it comes to the inevitable gamesmanship that is always a part of match play at every level.
- Even cool Capricorns can get touchy and easily upset during the Time of the Crab.
- They often lash out suddenly and for no apparent reason, and may seem to be touchy or irritable most of the time.
- And with Americans so touchy about their civil liberties, the Feds have to be legally covered to the hilt before they go snooping.
- Now that the national has gone from relaxed and comfortable to alert but not alarmed, everyone's a little touchy about who might be up to no good.
Synonyms
sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin-skinned
1. 1.1 (of an issue or situation) requiring careful handling; delicate.
  （问题，情况）需谨慎处理的；棘手的
  the monarchy has become a touchy topic
  君主制已成为一个棘手的话题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This young man obviously knows how to handle touchy diplomatic situations.
  They've actually hit upon a touchy topic here, so the less you let them know it bothers you, the better off you'll be.
  So this is a touchy issue and may not be true for all cases of guys.
  The city, hoping to stave off a touchy situation, tested the water, which turned out to be harmless.
  The homeless can make for a touchy subject for artists.
  So we thought as well, but let's thank Shirley for breaking down the walls of stereotypical misconceptions about this touchy subject.
  For whatever sophistication guess hitting may require, it's also a touchy subject.
  This is a touchy topic, and not just because people tend to assume that understanding is a precursor to forgiveness.
  It's a touchy issue, I realize how complex and personal these decisions are to some people.
  Suggesting that design controls might have a racial aspect to them is a touchy topic, however it is naive to pretend that they might not.
  Residential crowding on campus is a touchy topic for upperclassmen.
  Solid waste has become a touchy issue these days, with tempers flaring up at the slightest mention of the topic anywhere.
  The natural body, the body as nature, and the nature of the body are three touchy topics in the realm of culture studies.
  This was unsurprising, since the topic is touchy and the play controversial.
  By acquiescing to both England and Germany through the Iberian Indecision, France completely avoids this touchy issue.
  In this kind of situation, touchy subjects are skirted and cones of silence descend.
  The biggest expenditure in those days was the horse feed for the fire department, a touchy subject in a town that had already burned down a couple of times by then.
  In any event, the White House tonight is maintaining a diplomatic silence on this apparently very touchy subject.
  He addressed the touchy issue of European-American relations.
  Suicide is a touchy subject for the media, indeed the coroner has a full page of guidelines on how to write about it without inadvertently promoting it.
  Synonyms
  delicate, sensitive, tricky, ticklish, thorny, knotty, embarrassing, uncomfortable, uneasy, precarious, chancy, risky, uncertain, contentious, controversial, awkward, difficult

Origin

Early 17th century: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch.

词汇	touchy
释义	Definition of touchy in English: touchy adjectivetouchiest, touchier ˈtʌtʃiˈtətʃi 1Easily upset or offended; oversensitive. she's a little touchy about her age Example sentencesExamples In fact, estate agents are extremely touchy about how much they influence ever-spiralling house prices. Diplomats from other countries were as touchy. Okay, I'm touchy at the moment, that goes without saying. Certainly, the Americans have always been notoriously touchy when it comes to the inevitable gamesmanship that is always a part of match play at every level. Car owners have also become so touchy and fussy about the parking space that any encroachment leads to heated arguments and bouts of fisticuffs. And with Americans so touchy about their civil liberties, the Feds have to be legally covered to the hilt before they go snooping. And having tasted success, he is touchy about the movies he accepts. Now that the national has gone from relaxed and comfortable to alert but not alarmed, everyone's a little touchy about who might be up to no good. Like other rail bosses, Mr Pollard is touchy about accusations that not enough has been done to improve rail safety in the year since Paddington. They seem a touchy and aggressive lot and none of them seem to realize that aggression just leads to counter-aggression. This explains why the French are so touchy about their language. Before the Parkinsons he was never a touchy kind of guy. If you go too slowly, the person thinks you don't want to hug them, and you have a touchy, cranky person on your hands for the rest of the evening. If a woman is touchy about one thing it is usually her age. Hooke was a difficult man, fiercely competitive, touchy, quarrelsome, and a vicious critic. Suffice to say, the authorities may have been a bit touchy. They often lash out suddenly and for no apparent reason, and may seem to be touchy or irritable most of the time. We get touchy about letting too many of these discoveries out of the bag too soon, because we want to be the first to publish them and the leading authorities on the subject. Miller acknowledges that fans of the first record might still feel estranged from the band and understand why fans of the genre can be so touchy. Even cool Capricorns can get touchy and easily upset during the Time of the Crab. Synonyms sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin-skinned irritable, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly, edgy, cross, surly, crusty, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, petulant, waspish, pettish, quarrelsome, splenetic, grumpy, fractious, highly strung, tense informal grouchy, cranky, ratty 1.1 (of an issue or situation) requiring careful handling; delicate. （问题，情况）需谨慎处理的；棘手的 the monarchy has become a touchy topic 君主制已成为一个棘手的话题。 Example sentencesExamples He addressed the touchy issue of European-American relations. This is a touchy topic, and not just because people tend to assume that understanding is a precursor to forgiveness. In any event, the White House tonight is maintaining a diplomatic silence on this apparently very touchy subject. The biggest expenditure in those days was the horse feed for the fire department, a touchy subject in a town that had already burned down a couple of times by then. This was unsurprising, since the topic is touchy and the play controversial. Solid waste has become a touchy issue these days, with tempers flaring up at the slightest mention of the topic anywhere. This young man obviously knows how to handle touchy diplomatic situations. Suicide is a touchy subject for the media, indeed the coroner has a full page of guidelines on how to write about it without inadvertently promoting it. Residential crowding on campus is a touchy topic for upperclassmen. In this kind of situation, touchy subjects are skirted and cones of silence descend. It's a touchy issue, I realize how complex and personal these decisions are to some people. By acquiescing to both England and Germany through the Iberian Indecision, France completely avoids this touchy issue. So we thought as well, but let's thank Shirley for breaking down the walls of stereotypical misconceptions about this touchy subject. Suggesting that design controls might have a racial aspect to them is a touchy topic, however it is naive to pretend that they might not. So this is a touchy issue and may not be true for all cases of guys. The homeless can make for a touchy subject for artists. The city, hoping to stave off a touchy situation, tested the water, which turned out to be harmless. For whatever sophistication guess hitting may require, it's also a touchy subject. They've actually hit upon a touchy topic here, so the less you let them know it bothers you, the better off you'll be. The natural body, the body as nature, and the nature of the body are three touchy topics in the realm of culture studies. Synonyms delicate, sensitive, tricky, ticklish, thorny, knotty, embarrassing, uncomfortable, uneasy, precarious, chancy, risky, uncertain, contentious, controversial, awkward, difficult informal sticky Derivatives touchily adverb ˈtʌtʃɪliˈtətʃəli ‘We have Enchanting Arts last,’ she ordered touchily. Example sentencesExamples ‘What do you think you're doing?,’ she demanded, touchily. ‘Well, he's not the most subtle of people,’ said Enrique touchily. ‘No, you're saying it wrong,’ Sara said touchily. touchiness noun ˈtʌtʃɪnəsˈtətʃinəs Recognizing the touchiness of sovereign states to outside criticism, there is little more that the applicant's country can do other than send gentle reminders when delays occur. Example sentencesExamples There is good reason for the touchiness: in the First Crusade in 1099 Jerusalem was brutally captured and in the fighting the Christian soldiers of the western alliance killed 70,000 men, women and children. Ken, I'm continually amazed at your touchiness on this issue. You will appreciate our touchiness at being blamed for something which is being done in an extremely good cause, but which is outside our direct control and in which our express role has been to assist. Or is it just organised touchiness, a non-issue mirrored and magnified as a great moral discourse signifying nothing? Synonyms sensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitivity irritability, tetchiness, testiness, crotchetiness, irascibility, peevishness, querulousness, bad-temperedness, short-temperedness, hot-temperedness, quick-temperedness, snappiness, captiousness, prickliness, edginess, crossness, surliness, crustiness, curmudgeonliness, cantankerousness, petulance, waspishness, pettishness, quarrelsomeness, spleen, grumpiness, fractiousness, tension informal grouchiness, crankiness, rattiness, stickiness Origin Early 17th century: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch. Rhymes archduchy, duchy Definition of touchy in US English: touchy adjectiveˈtəCHēˈtətʃi 1(of a person) oversensitive and irritable. （人）过于敏感的，易怒的 Example sentencesExamples Miller acknowledges that fans of the first record might still feel estranged from the band and understand why fans of the genre can be so touchy. Like other rail bosses, Mr Pollard is touchy about accusations that not enough has been done to improve rail safety in the year since Paddington. They seem a touchy and aggressive lot and none of them seem to realize that aggression just leads to counter-aggression. This explains why the French are so touchy about their language. Diplomats from other countries were as touchy. We get touchy about letting too many of these discoveries out of the bag too soon, because we want to be the first to publish them and the leading authorities on the subject. And having tasted success, he is touchy about the movies he accepts. Suffice to say, the authorities may have been a bit touchy. In fact, estate agents are extremely touchy about how much they influence ever-spiralling house prices. If a woman is touchy about one thing it is usually her age. Okay, I'm touchy at the moment, that goes without saying. If you go too slowly, the person thinks you don't want to hug them, and you have a touchy, cranky person on your hands for the rest of the evening. Car owners have also become so touchy and fussy about the parking space that any encroachment leads to heated arguments and bouts of fisticuffs. Before the Parkinsons he was never a touchy kind of guy. Hooke was a difficult man, fiercely competitive, touchy, quarrelsome, and a vicious critic. Certainly, the Americans have always been notoriously touchy when it comes to the inevitable gamesmanship that is always a part of match play at every level. Even cool Capricorns can get touchy and easily upset during the Time of the Crab. They often lash out suddenly and for no apparent reason, and may seem to be touchy or irritable most of the time. And with Americans so touchy about their civil liberties, the Feds have to be legally covered to the hilt before they go snooping. Now that the national has gone from relaxed and comfortable to alert but not alarmed, everyone's a little touchy about who might be up to no good. Synonyms sensitive, oversensitive, hypersensitive, easily offended, thin-skinned 1.1 (of an issue or situation) requiring careful handling; delicate. （问题，情况）需谨慎处理的；棘手的 the monarchy has become a touchy topic 君主制已成为一个棘手的话题。 Example sentencesExamples This young man obviously knows how to handle touchy diplomatic situations. They've actually hit upon a touchy topic here, so the less you let them know it bothers you, the better off you'll be. So this is a touchy issue and may not be true for all cases of guys. The city, hoping to stave off a touchy situation, tested the water, which turned out to be harmless. The homeless can make for a touchy subject for artists. So we thought as well, but let's thank Shirley for breaking down the walls of stereotypical misconceptions about this touchy subject. For whatever sophistication guess hitting may require, it's also a touchy subject. This is a touchy topic, and not just because people tend to assume that understanding is a precursor to forgiveness. It's a touchy issue, I realize how complex and personal these decisions are to some people. Suggesting that design controls might have a racial aspect to them is a touchy topic, however it is naive to pretend that they might not. Residential crowding on campus is a touchy topic for upperclassmen. Solid waste has become a touchy issue these days, with tempers flaring up at the slightest mention of the topic anywhere. The natural body, the body as nature, and the nature of the body are three touchy topics in the realm of culture studies. This was unsurprising, since the topic is touchy and the play controversial. By acquiescing to both England and Germany through the Iberian Indecision, France completely avoids this touchy issue. In this kind of situation, touchy subjects are skirted and cones of silence descend. The biggest expenditure in those days was the horse feed for the fire department, a touchy subject in a town that had already burned down a couple of times by then. In any event, the White House tonight is maintaining a diplomatic silence on this apparently very touchy subject. He addressed the touchy issue of European-American relations. Suicide is a touchy subject for the media, indeed the coroner has a full page of guidelines on how to write about it without inadvertently promoting it. Synonyms delicate, sensitive, tricky, ticklish, thorny, knotty, embarrassing, uncomfortable, uneasy, precarious, chancy, risky, uncertain, contentious, controversial, awkward, difficult Origin Early 17th century: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch.
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