Definitions

touchy

[tuhch-ee] / ˈtʌtʃ i /

ADJECTIVE

easily offended

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate dicey hypersensitive jumpy precarious risky sensitive testy ticklish tricky uptight volatile

WEAK

bad-tempered bundle of nerves cantankerous captious choleric crabbed cranky cross grouchy grumpy hazardous irascible irritable mean ornery oversensitive peevish perturbable pettish petulant querulous quick-tempered splenetic surly temperamental thin-skinned unpredictable unsafe wired up wound-up

Antonyms

STRONG

calm collected easy easygoing insensitive laid-back unflappable

Example Sentences

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Owners of the Crayola Touchy Feely Craft Box and Crayola Discovery Craft Box should stop using the products immediately and keep out of the reach of children, the government said.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Touchy: For people who have taken a tough stance, you and your wife seem especially vulnerable to the opinions of others.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

I had the great pleasure of working with Lynn Shelton on Touchy Feely.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020

People may just be blessedly polite Q. Touchy Christmas Gift: With Christmas tomorrow the question of personal gifts has become a sticking point.

From Slate • Dec. 24, 2012

Touchy, which now conveys the idea of sensitiveness to touch, is corrupted from tetchy— "Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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