touchy

Significado (Inglês)

  1. Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
  2. Easily offended, oversensitive.
  3. (informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch.

Oposto de
untouchy
Freqüência

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈtʌt͡ʃi/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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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