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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. quick to take offense;
[syn: huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy]

2. difficult to handle; requiring great tact;
- Example: "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"
- Example: "a touchy subject"
[syn: delicate, ticklish, touchy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Touchy \Touch"y\, a. [For techy, tetchy.]
   Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
   [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]

         It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy
         about personal attacks.                  --Saintsbury.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

touchy
    adj 1: quick to take offense [syn: huffy, thin-skinned,
           feisty, touchy]
    2: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate
       negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit
       on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" [syn:
       delicate, ticklish, touchy]