| Main Entry: |
touchy |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
easily offended |
Synonyms: |
bad-tempered, bundle of nerves,
cantankerous,
captious,
choleric, crabbed,
cranky,
cross,
delicate, dicey, grouchy,
grumpy,
hazardous, hypersensitive,
irascible,
irritable, jumpy,
mean,
ornery*, oversensitive,
peevish, perturbable, pettish,
petulant,
precarious,
querulous, quick-tempered,
risky,
sensitive, splenetic,
surly,
temperamental, testy, thin-skinned, ticklish,
tricky,
unpredictable, unsafe,
uptight*,
volatile, wired up, wound up
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Antonyms: |
calm, easygoing, laid-back, unflappable
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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