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Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them feel meaningful and alive.
Michael Leunig

Meaning of "touchy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOUCHY

touchy  [ˈtʌtʃɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOUCHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Touchy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TOUCHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Touchy!

"Touchy!" is the third single to be released by A-ha from the Stay on These Roads album. The bassline on this song was recorded using a Yamaha DX7. It achieved world sales of approximately 900,000 copies.

Definition of touchy in the English dictionary

The first definition of touchy in the dictionary is easily upset or irritated; oversensitive. Other definition of touchy is extremely risky. Touchy is also easily ignited.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOUCHY


archduchy
ˈɑːtʃˈdʌtʃɪ
catchy
ˈkætʃɪ
clutchy
ˈklʌtʃɪ
crunchy
ˈkrʌntʃɪ
dolce
ˈdɒltʃɪ
duce
ˈduːtʃɪ
duchy
ˈdʌtʃɪ
Hitachi
hɪˈtætʃɪ
hutchie
ˈhʌtʃɪ
itchy
ˈɪtʃɪ
Karachi
kəˈrɑːtʃɪ
Leonardo
ˌliːəˈnɑːdəʊdəˈvɪntʃɪ
Medici
ˈmɛdɪtʃɪ
Ranchi
ˈræntʃɪ
raunchy
ˈrɔːntʃɪ
semplice
ˈsɛmplɪtʃɪ
slutchy
ˈslʌtʃɪ
smutchy
ˈsmʌtʃɪ
veloce
vɪˈləʊtʃɪ
Vinci
ˈvɪntʃɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOUCHY

toucher
touchhole
touchier
touchiest
touchily
touchiness
touching
touchingly
touchingness
touchless
touchline
touchline ban
touchmark
touchpad
touchpaper
touchstone
touchup
touchwood
touchy-feeliness
touchy-feely

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOUCHY

acouchy
anarchy
beachy
bitchy
Cauchy
cleruchy
Clichy
grand duchy
grouchy
hierarchy
monarchy
patchy
peachy
pouchy
punchy
scratchy
sketchy
slouchy
stretchy
Vichy

Synonyms and antonyms of touchy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TOUCHY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «touchy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of touchy

Translation of «touchy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOUCHY

Find out the translation of touchy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of touchy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «touchy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暴躁的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

susceptible
570 millions of speakers

English

touchy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भावुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حَسَّاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чувствительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sensitivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিমানী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

susceptible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sentuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

empfindlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

怒りっぽい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화를 잘 내는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Touchy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hay giận dỗi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்ச்சிவசப்படுபவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हळवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alıngan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

permaloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drażliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чутливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ultrasensibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μυγιάγγιχτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggeraak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snarstucken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overfølsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of touchy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCHY»

The term «touchy» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.192 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCHY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about touchy

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10 QUOTES WITH «TOUCHY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word touchy.
1
Scott Baio
I love driving cars, looking at them, cleaning and washing and shining them. I clean 'em inside and outside. I'm very touchy about cars. I don't want anybody leaning on them or closing the door too hard, know what I mean?
2
Kobe Bryant
The topic of leadership is a touchy one. A lot of leaders fail because they don't have the bravery to touch that nerve or strike that chord. Throughout my years, I haven't had that fear.
3
James Frank
We came up with three core touchy feely words.
4
Eugene Jarecki
If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.
5
Walter Kirn
Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.
6
Julian Lennon
He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one.
7
Michael Leunig
Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence; it makes them feel meaningful and alive.
8
Angie Martinez
I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doing touchy interviews like that, I just try to be fair to both parties.
9
Mark Russell
Humor is very very risky, particularly for a candidate, unless he's been in so long that it just doesn't matter, and he's not running for president. But it's just that people are so sensitive and so touchy, and you're just going to upset somebody without ever realizing it.
10
Catherynne M. Valente
I'm very touchy feely with my fandom, in part because they've never done me wrong or hurt me in any way. This is an awesome balance. I hope it stays that way forever.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUCHY»

Discover the use of touchy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to touchy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Touchy Subjects: Stories
In this sparkling collection of nineteen stories, the bestselling author of Slammerkin returns to contemporary affairs, exposing the private dilemmas that result from some of our most public controversies.
Emma Donoghue, 2007
2
A Very Touchy Subject
Despite his preoccupation with sex, Scott Tauscher, seventeen, decides that his next-door neighbor, Paula, who has a bad reputation, needs a friend more than a lover.
Todd Strasser, 1986
3
Scraptastic!: 50 Messy, Sparkly, Touchy-feely, Snazzy Ways ...
Go beyond the usualxperiment with art supplies, try unfamiliar tools, go wild and have fun. With Scraptastic you can take your projects to the next level using innovative ideas for creating playful and artistic pages.
Ashley Calder, 2008
4
Touchy Situations: A Conversation Text for ESL Students
Touchy Situations is designed to give students a maximum amount of speaking time in a variety of communicative contexts.
Glen Alan Penrod, 2002
5
Touchy and Feely
The first in the new Sissy Sawyer series When Fidelio Valdes, a disaffected young Puerto Rican, and Robert Touche, a drunk and aggressive businessman who has lost his job and his wife, meet, they begin a spree of random shootings.
Graham Masterton, 2006
6
Noisy Touchy-Feely Santa
The story is brought to life with the sounds on the panel including Santa's jolly laugh, the sleigh whooshing through the air and Santa's boots crunching through the snow.
USBORNE, Sam Taplin, 2010
7
Touchy Subjects
Author's Note and Dedication Touchy Subjects was written at the request of the Council on Women of the Presbytery of Long lsland, which wanted an educational tool to help congregations deal with the serious but often overlooked problem of ...
8
Baby's Very First Touchy-feely Animals Book
Colorful pictures depict such animals as a fluffy duck, shiny fish, hairy dog, and furry cat. On board pages.
‎2010
9
Social Change in Diverse Teaching Contexts: Touchy Subjects ...
This collection, pertinent for teacher preparation, undergraduate and graduate seminars, and reading discussion groups, focuses on new and experienced teachers who confront myths, who negotiate their own identities as well as identity ...
Nancy G. Barron, Nancy Maloney Grimm, Sibylle Gruber, 2006
10
Touchy Subject: Teachers Touching Children
In ten papers, academics discuss real and imagined dangers over inappropriate child touching, including spanking, in the context of educational settings in cultures as diverse as the US, UK, New Zealand Maori, and Samoa.
Alison Jones, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUCHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term touchy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Groping Photo Creates Touchy Situation For Pennsylvania Teacher
Things may be getting touchy for a teacher in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, because of a photo allegedly showing two female students touching her breasts. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Your Business: Touchy topics - Michele Surcouf, FlowMotion
That's a question I've asked this week of a number of business owners who are working in 'touchy' fields, and marketing products related to everything from sex ... «New Zealand Herald, Feb 15»
3
Managing The Touchy-Feely Side Of Work
Some of your stuff is a little touchy-feely for my taste, though. Can you tell me more about that? What does 'touchy-feely' mean to you exactly? —You write about ... «Forbes, Feb 15»
4
Movie Review – Touchy Feely (2013)
A massage therapist is unable to do her job when stricken with a mysterious and sudden aversion to bodily contact. Meanwhile, her uptight brother's floundering ... «Flickering Myth, May 14»
5
Astronauts to Test 'Touchy-Feely' Wearable Robot Joystick in Space
The European Space Agency will launch a super-sensitive joystick, which agency officials described as "touchy-feely" in a project overview, to the space station ... «Space.com, Mar 14»
6
Carolyn Hax: Broaching a touchy subject
Touchy Subject. (Nick Galifianakis/For The Washington Post). The right person for you will not only roll with your past but will also be grateful to you for sharing it. «Washington Post, Mar 14»
7
BBC 'touchy' for dropping Jesus lyric, says Dolittle
Doolittle added: "I think people are a bit touchy, but it's not a big deal." The BBC said there had been a "misunderstanding", and that the corporation would not ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
8
Movie review: Touchy Feely not a touchdown (with video)
There's a similar scene in Touchy Feely, Lynn Shelton's odd new-age romance, in which the sense of touch becomes both a wonder and a torment to its ... «Canada.com, Dec 13»
9
UFC Fighter Andre 'Touchy' Fili -- I'm Bringing My Lucky Underwear
UFC newbie Andre "Touchy" Fili has a secret weapon for his debut fight tonight -- stained, old green underwear ... and the fighter is pretty confident it'll give him ... «TMZ.com, Oct 13»
10
Review: Lynn Shelton's film Touchy Feely rubs the wrong way
Despite its hints of New Age mysticism and serviceable performances from an able cast, Touchy Feely is too entrenched in its dour tone to be uplifting. «Toronto Star, Oct 13»

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