touchiness
Example Sentences
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In preadolescent children, Fortuna says, depression may reveal itself as touchiness and irritability rather than sadness.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
In any case it could be very useful if you were quite happy, thank you, with social distancing when it comes to hugs and touchiness.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021
The datedness of the jibe about Lacan may suggest a long-nurtured touchiness.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020
They occasionally display the level of touchiness and desire for privacy one might normally expect of, say, Blanche DuBois.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2019
"You must feel very much amused," said a rather sour-looking man standing near by, with a peculiar touchiness as if he had been laughed at.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
