touchy
Significado (Inglés)
- Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
- Easily offended, oversensitive.
- (informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch.
Oposto a
untouchy
Sinónimos
quick to take offence
easily offended
short of temper
highly inflammable
thin skinned
quick to take offense
Traducións
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈtʌt͡ʃi/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y.
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