| Pronunciation: | | 'tuchee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make judicious decisions"
- [adj] quick to take offense
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TOUCHY is a 6 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | feisty, huffy, ill-natured, sensitive, thin-skinned |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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