"touchy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtʌt͡ʃi/ Audio: en-us-touchy.ogg 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 Translations (sensitive or volatile): чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), netýkavý (Czech), popudlivý [masculine] (Czech), nevrlý [masculine] (Czech), podrážděný [masculine] (Czech), arkaluonteinen (Finnish), irascible (French), heikel (German), empfindlich (German), whanewhane (Maori), irritabel (Norwegian Bokmål), hårsår (Norwegian Bokmål), чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), hassas (Turkish), nazik (Turkish), ince (Turkish), kırılgan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-touchy-en-adj-FpzvDXS7 Disambiguation of 'extremely sensitive': 87 11 1 Disambiguation of 'sensitive or volatile': 89 6 5
  2. (of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive. Synonyms (easily irritated): tetchy, irritable, irascible, cranky Translations (easily offended; oversensitive): նեղացկոտ (neġacʻkot) (Armenian), докачлив (dokačliv) (Bulgarian), обидчив (obidčiv) (Bulgarian), susceptible (Catalan), vztahovačný (Czech), urážlivý (Czech), háklivý (Czech), herkkätunteinen (Finnish), arkatunteinen (Finnish), susceptible (French), 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 (Maori), āritarita (Maori), زود رنج (zud-ranj) (Persian), оби́дчивый (obídčivyj) (Russian), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), quisquilloso (Spanish), picajoso (Spanish), picajón (Spanish), stingslig (Swedish), överkänslig (Swedish), alıngan (Turkish), darılgan (Turkish), kırılgan (Turkish)
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  3. (informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch. Tags: informal Synonyms: touchy-feely
    Sense id: en-touchy-en-adj-Z9TAGQuq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: touchiness Related terms: touchy-feely

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Bridge, Command Deck, SSV Normandy:",
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "neġacʻkot",
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          "word": "նեղացկոտ"
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          "word": "докачлив"
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          "word": "обидчив"
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          "word": "vztahovačný"
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          "word": "urážlivý"
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          "word": "háklivý"
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          "word": "herkkätunteinen"
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          "word": "gereizt"
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          "word": "reizbar"
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          "word": "zickig"
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          "word": "permaloso"
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          "word": "taringa rahirahi"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌtʃi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touchy"
}
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    "Rhymes:English/ʌtʃi/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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    {
      "word": "touchiness"
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        "Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness."
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        "(of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness."
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        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Bridge, Command Deck, SSV Normandy:",
          "text": "Ashley: Look at the size of that ship!\nKaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet.\nJoker: Well, size isn't everything.\nAshley: Why so touchy, Joker?\nJoker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.",
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        }
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        "Easily offended, oversensitive."
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          "oversensitive",
          "oversensitive"
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        "(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive."
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        "of a person"
      ]
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        {
          "word": "untouchy"
        }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Inclined to engage in physical touch."
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        [
          "physical",
          "physical"
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          "touch",
          "touch"
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        "(informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch."
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        {
          "word": "touchy-feely"
        }
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    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌtʃi"
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    {
      "sense": "extremely sensitive",
      "word": "tetchy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "extremely sensitive",
      "word": "delicate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "extremely sensitive",
      "word": "touch and go"
    },
    {
      "sense": "easily irritated",
      "word": "tetchy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "easily irritated",
      "word": "irritable"
    },
    {
      "sense": "easily irritated",
      "word": "irascible"
    },
    {
      "sense": "easily irritated",
      "word": "cranky"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čuvstvitelen",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "чувствителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razdraznitelen",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "раздразнителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "netýkavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "popudlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nevrlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podrážděný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "arkaluonteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "irascible"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "heikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "empfindlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "whanewhane"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "irritabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "hårsår"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čuvstvítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "чувстви́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "hassas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "nazik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "ince"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sensitive or volatile",
      "word": "kırılgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "neġacʻkot",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "նեղացկոտ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dokačliv",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "докачлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obidčiv",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "обидчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "susceptible"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "vztahovačný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "urážlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "háklivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "herkkätunteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "arkatunteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "susceptible"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "gereizt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "reizbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "übelnehmerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "empfindlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "zickig"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "herkkä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "arkaloontoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "drisíneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "permaloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "facilmente irritabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "suscettibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "irascibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "taringa rahirahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "āritarita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zud-ranj",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "زود رنج"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obídčivyj",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "оби́дчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раздражи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "quisquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "picajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "picajón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "stingslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "överkänslig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "alıngan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "darılgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "easily offended; oversensitive",
      "word": "kırılgan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "touchy"
}

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