Synonyms for touchy
ˈtʌtʃ itouchy

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1. touchy

   Synonyms:
   testy, peevish, irritable

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1. huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchyadjective

   quick to take offense

   Synonyms:
   mad, delicate, feisty, ticklish, thin-skinned, plucky, huffy, spunky, sore

   Antonyms:
   easy, insensitive

2. delicate, ticklish, touchyadjective

   difficult to handle; requiring great tact

   "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

   Synonyms:
   delicate, feisty, ticklish, soft, fragile, frail, huffy, thin-skinned, finespun

   Antonyms:
   easy, insensitive

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1. touchyadjective

   Synonyms:
   peevish, snappish, waspish, cross, testy, irritable, fretful, splenetic, irascible, petulant, choleric, peppery, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, like tinder, like touch-wood

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1. touchyadjective

   Synonyms:
   irascible, irritable, petulant, testy, choleric, snappish

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1. List of paraphrases for "touchy":

   sensitive

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1. Erin Bromage:

   When we drink a little, we get a little closer, we get a little more touchy, hands can touch shoulders; we just need to be careful with that.

2. Dan Washburn:

   For Xi, golf is just such a touchy topic back home, saddled with so much baggage -- the optics would be awful, with or without Trump.

3. Saundra Pelletier:

   I'm so happy this is happening. I fully support you. i'm not the most emotional, touchy-feely person, but it was hard not to tear up.

4. Harley Rotbart:

   It is stunning how many times kids touch their faces and then touch other kids, this is a very touchy-feely demographic, and that's how we share germs. ... And the little ones don't have the same exposure to germs that we do, so until their immune systems get built up, they get sick.

5. Tom Perry:

   We have done some shows that dealt with pretty some touchy topics and people weren't altogether happy with how we dealt with it.