touchy

touch·y

T0288300 (tŭch′ē)adj. touch·i·er, touch·i·est 1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate: a touchy situation.3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.4. Easily ignited or exploded.

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touch′i·ly adv.touch′i·ness n.

touchy

(ˈtʌtʃɪ) adj, touchier or touchiest1. easily upset or irritated; oversensitive2. extremely risky3. easily ignited ˈtouchily adv ˈtouchiness n

touch•y

(ˈtʌtʃ i)

adj. i•er, i•est. 1. apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable. 2. requiring caution, tactfulness, or expert handling; precarious; risky. 3. sensitive to touch. 4. easily ignited, as tinder. [1595–1605] touch′i•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	touchy - quick to take offense huffy, thin-skinned, feistysensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
	2.	touchy - difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"ticklish, delicatedifficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

touchy

adjective1. oversensitive, irritable, bad-tempered, cross, crabbed, grumpy, surly, petulant, irascible, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), thin-skinned, grouchy (informal), querulous, peevish, quick-tempered, splenetic, easily offended, captious, pettish, toey (N.Z. slang) She is very touchy about her past.
oversensitive pleasant, indifferent, insensitive, sweet, cheerful, easy-going, good-humoured, genial, affable, unconcerned, imperious, thick-skinned, light-hearted2. delicate, sensitive, tricky, risky, sticky (informal), thorny, knotty, ticklish a touchy subject

touchy

adjective1. Easily annoyed:choleric, irascible, peppery, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy.2. Requiring great tact or skill:delicate, sensitive, ticklish, touch-and-go, tricky.

Translations

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touch

(tatʃ) verb1. to be in, come into, or make, contact with something else. Their shoulders touched; He touched the water with his foot. 接觸 接触2. to feel (lightly) with the hand. He touched her cheek. 撫摸 抚摸3. to affect the feelings of; to make (someone) feel pity, sympathy etc. I was touched by her generosity. 感動 感动4. to be concerned with; to have anything to do with. I wouldn't touch a job like that. 插手(某事)，涉及 插手（某事），涉及 noun1. an act or sensation of touching. I felt a touch on my shoulder. 輕觸 轻击2. (often with the) one of the five senses, the sense by which we feel things. the sense of touch; The stone felt cold to the touch. 觸覺 触觉3. a mark or stroke etc to improve the appearance of something. The painting still needs a few finishing touches. 裝點，潤色 润色，轻触 4. skill or style. He hasn't lost his touch as a writer. 風格 风格5. (in football) the ground outside the edges of the pitch (which are marked out with ˈtouchlines). He kicked the ball into touch. (足球)邊線 （足球）边线 ˈtouching adjective moving; causing emotion. a touching story. 動人的 动人的ˈtouchingly adverb in a moving way, so as to cause emotion. Her face was touchingly childlike. 動人地 动人地ˈtouchy adjective easily annoyed or offended. You're very touchy today; in rather a touchy mood. 易生氣的 易生气的ˈtouchily adverb 易生氣地 易生气地ˈtouchiness noun 過於敏感 敏感ˈtouch screen noun a computer screen that responds to the user's touch on its surface. (電腦)觸控螢幕 （计算机）触摸屏 in touch (with) in communication (with). I have kept in touch with my school-friends. 保持聯繫(接觸) 保持联系（接触） lose touch (with) to stop communicating (with). I used to see him quite often but we have lost touch. 失去聯繫 失去联系out of touch (with)1. not in communication (with). 中斷聯繫 中断联系2. not sympathetic or understanding (towards). Older people sometimes seem out of touch with the modern world. 不表同情，和...不一致 不表同情，和...不一致 a touch a small quantity or degree. The soup needs a touch of salt; a touch of imagination. 少許 少许touch down1. (of aircraft) to land. The plane should touch down at 2 o'clock. 降落 降落2. in rugby and American football, to put the ball on the ground behind the opposite team's goal line (noun ˈtouch-down). (橄欖球)底線得分 （橄榄球）底线得分 touch off to make (something) explode. a spark touched off the gunpowder; His remark touched off an argument. 激起...爆炸，觸發 激起...爆炸，触发 touch up to improve eg paintwork, a photograph etc by small touches. The photograph had been touched up. 潤色 润色touch wood (used as an interjection) to touch something made of wood superstitiously, in order to avoid bad luck. None of the children has ever had a serious illness, touch wood! (迷信用的)朽木(求取避免厄運) （迷信用的）朽木（求取避免厄运）

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