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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌt͡ʃi/ Audio: en-us-touchy.ogg [US] Forms: touchier [comparative], touchiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃi Etymology: A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|touch|y}} touch + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} touchy (comparative touchier, superlative touchiest)
  1. (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness. Synonyms (extremely sensitive): tetchy, delicate, touch and go, scabrous Translations ((situation) sensitive or volatile): чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), netýkavý (Czech), popudlivý [masculine] (Czech), nevrlý [masculine] (Czech), podrážděný [masculine] (Czech), arkaluonteinen (Finnish), irascible (French), delicado (Galician), espiñento (Galician), heikel (German), empfindlich (German), whanewhane (Māori), irritabel (Norwegian Bokmål), hårsår (Norwegian Bokmål), drażliwy (Polish), чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), touchy (Spanish), hassas (Turkish), nazik (Turkish), ince (Turkish), kırılgan (Turkish)
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  2. (of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive. Synonyms (easily irritated): tetchy, irritable, irascible, cranky Translations ((person) easily offended; oversensitive): նեղացկոտ (neġacʻkot) (Armenian), докачлив (dokačliv) (Bulgarian), обидчив (obidčiv) (Bulgarian), susceptible (Catalan), primmirat (Catalan), vztahovačný (Czech), urážlivý (Czech), háklivý (Czech), herkkätunteinen (Finnish), arkatunteinen (Finnish), susceptible (French), irritábel (Galician), gereizt (German), reizbar (German), übelnehmerisch (German), empfindlich (German), zickig [colloquial] (German), herkkä (Ingrian), arkaloontoin (Ingrian), drisíneach (Irish), permaloso (Italian), facilmente irritabile (Italian), suscettibile (Italian), irascibile (Italian), taringa rahirahi (Māori), āritarita (Māori), زود رنج (zud-ranj) (Persian), drażliwy (Polish), оби́дчивый (obídčivyj) (Russian), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), quisquilloso (Spanish), picajoso (Spanish), picajón (Spanish), touchy (Spanish), picón (Spanish), stingslig (Swedish), överkänslig (Swedish), alıngan (Turkish), darılgan (Turkish), kırılgan (Turkish), amatamàlsi (Unami)
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  3. (informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch. Tags: informal Synonyms: handsy, touchy-feely
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: touchily, touchiness

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtʌt͡ʃi/ Audio: en-us-touchy.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃi Etymology: A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|touch|y}} touch + -y Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} touchy
  1. (ambitransitive, childish) To touch. Tags: ambitransitive, childish Related terms: touchy-feely
    Sense id: en-touchy-en-verb-avb-WxTu Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 23 35 28 14

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈtat͡ʃi/, [ˈt̪a.t͡ʃi]
Rhymes: -atʃi Etymology: Borrowed from English touchy. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|en:touchy|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "touchy", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "touchy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="touchy"> Borrowed from English touchy. Head templates: {{es-adj|pl=#}} touchy (invariable)
  1. (US) touchy Wikipedia link: Royal Spanish Academy Tags: US, invariable

Inflected forms

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        "(US) touchy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "invariable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Royal Spanish Academy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtat͡ʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪a.t͡ʃi]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-atʃi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touchy"
}

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