Touchy - English meaning

adjective

Becoming annoyed or angry very easily

adjective

Irritable.

Usage examples:

He was tired and crotchety

adjective

Easily annoyed or angered

Usage examples:

After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.

adjective

Having extreme physical sensitivity to particular substances or conditions.

Usage examples:

The necessity of avoiding irritating substances can force hypersensitive subjects to make numerous …

adjective

Very easily changed or damaged by physical conditions, or easily upset

Usage examples:

He’s hypersensitive about his height.

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Usage examples:

An irascible and difficult man

adjective

Quickly aroused to anger

adjective

(of a person) easily made angry

Usage examples:

A cranky, irascible artist

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

Usage examples:

She was tired and irritable

adjective

(especially of a person or an instrument) excessively sensitive.

Usage examples:

Bentley was oversensitive to criticism

adjective

Too easily upset

Usage examples:

I think you're being a little oversensitive - she didn't mean it as a criticism., people can become…

adjective

Having or showing an irritable disposition.

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A thin peevish voice

adjective

Complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner.

Usage examples:

She became querulous and demanding

adjective

Likely to become angry very easily

Usage examples:

She was a quick-tempered woman., he could be quick-tempered with those who opposed him.

adjective

Quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences.

Usage examples:

The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones

noun

A person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.

Usage examples:

Thus, the positive results demonstrated by the sensitives do not appear to have resulted from ubiqu…

adjective

Having or showing awareness and understanding, esp. of other people’s feelings and needs

Usage examples:

My experience made me very sensitive to the suffering of others., tom is extremely sensitive about …

adjective

Tending to become angry quickly and easily

noun

A person's state of mind seen in terms of their being angry or calm.

Usage examples:

He rushed out in a very bad temper

verb

Improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it.

Usage examples:

The way a smith would temper a sword

noun

The state of your mind or feelings

Usage examples:

[ c ] john has a bad temper., [ u ] a fit of temper, [ c ] you need to learn to control your temper…

adjective

Easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered.

Usage examples:

His testy, disapproving father

adjective

Lacking patience and feeling upset

Usage examples:

My wife gets testy if we don’t have dessert.

adjective

Irritable and bad-tempered.

Usage examples:

She had always been tetchy and impatient with him

adjective

Easily made angry, unhappy, or upset

Usage examples:

Be careful what you say to anna - she's been a little tetchy lately.

adjective

Easily hurt by criticism