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    TOUCHY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: touchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, touchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: touchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: touchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Difficult to handle; requiring great tactplay

    Example:

    a touchy subject

    Synonyms:

    delicate; ticklish; touchy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Quick to take offenseplay

    Synonyms:

    feisty; huffy; thin-skinned; touchy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)

    Derivation:

    touchiness (feeling easily irritated)

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