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   touchy

   /ˈtʌtʃi/

   adjective

   • 1. easily upset or offended; oversensitive: "she's a little touchy about her age" Similar sensitiveoversensitivehypersensitiveeasily offendedthin-skinnedirritabletetchytestycrotchetyirasciblepeevishquerulousbad-temperedshort-temperedhot-temperedquick-temperedtemperamentalsnappycaptiouscrabbedpricklyedgycrosssurlycrustycurmudgeonlycantankerouspetulantwaspishpettishquarrelsomespleneticgrumpyfractioushighly strungtenseinformal:grouchycrankyrattyOpposite calmaffablegood-humoured
   • ▪ (of an issue or situation) requiring careful handling; delicate: "the monarchy has become a touchy topic" Similar delicatesensitivetrickyticklishthornyknottyembarrassinguncomfortableuneasyprecariouschancyriskyuncertaincontentiouscontroversialawkwarddifficultinformal:sticky

   Word Origin early 17th century: perhaps an alteration of tetchy, influenced by touch.

   Derivatives

   • 1. touchily adverb
   • 2. touchiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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