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Touchy

Touchy Meaning & Definition
Touchy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Touchy?

[adj] irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make judicious decisions"
[adj] quick to take offense

Synonyms | Synonyms for Touchy: feisty | huffy | ill-natured | sensitive | thin-skinned

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Touchy In Webster's Dictionary

\Touch"y\, a. [For techy, tetchy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. --Saintsbury.

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