Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈtʌt͡ʃi/
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ˈtʌtʃi
Adjective
Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
Usage- of a situation
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It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
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Eminent Americans are to be invited to direct by will their interment there; and in the case of Americans not so eminent as to be invited, but who have nevertheless expressed a wish to join the others, a committee will decide. It seems a touchy business all along...
Easily offended, oversensitive.
Usage- of a person
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He can be very touchy when you talk about his estranged son, so be as tactful as possible.
I can assure you, Mr Hosier, that other people are much more touchy about my blindness than I am.
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Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.
Inclined to engage in physical touch.
Usage- Informal
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Verb
To touch.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
- childish
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No need to mention the magical tree of knowledge which the idiot deity placed in front of its play beings thusly saying, "No. No touchy. (guffaw) No. Bad play beings. (snicker) No. You will suffer the ultimate punishment. No! (bwahahahaha). Don't!", wherein a talking snake convinces the female to eat from it and none of them perish. Wholely believable? Huh?
As to the definition of so called sober iety,^([sic]) as in clean and sober, we could use the definition the the^([sic]) National Treatment Center Study utilized in it's^([sic]) search for the truth no touchy the addictive substance for six months after treatment.
Shiny, shiny... show up greasy fingerprinties, must no touchy the precious, smeagles...
Adjective
quick to take offense
- Synonyms
difficult to handle; requiring great tact
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delicate negotiations with the big powers
hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter
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a touchy subject