Related Words for touchy

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feisty
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Adjective
sensitive
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Adjective, Adjective
troublesome
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Adjective
contentious
x/x
Adjective
dicey
/x
Name
testy
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Noun
tricky
/x
Adjective
ticklish
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Adjective
thorny
/x
Adjective
delicate
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Adjective
vexing
/x
Adjective
finicky
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Adjective
uncomfortable
x/xxx
Adjective
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
problematic
xx/x
Adjective
irritating
/xxx
Adjective
fraught
/
Noun
problematical
xx/xx
Adjective
cranky
/x
Adjective
irksome
/x
Adjective
hypersensitive
xx/xx
Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective
temperamental
xx/x
Adjective
broach
/
Noun
unfriendly
x/x
Adjective
cagey
/x
Adjective
disagreeable
xx/xx
Adjective
grouchy
/x
Noun
uptight
x/
Adjective
exasperating
x/xxx
Adjective
indelicate
x/xx
Adjective
irked
/
Verb
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
controversial
xx/x
Adjective
touching
/x
Verb
upset
x/
Noun
sympathetic
xx/x
Adjective
troubling
/xx
Adjective
annoying
x/x
Adjective
ambivalent
x/xx
Adjective
fussy
/x
Adjective
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
peevish
/x
Adjective
twitchy
/x
Adjective
fragile
/x
Adjective
riled
/
Verb
irritable
/xxx
Adjective
cantankerous
x/xx
Adjective
infuriating
x/xxx
Adjective
jumpy
/x
Adjective
tough
/
Adjective
insensitive
x/xx
Adjective
taboo
x/
Noun
volatile
/xx
Adjective
perplexing
x/x
Adjective
challenging
/xx
Adjective
funny
/x
Adjective
fractious
/x
Adjective
hostile
/x
Adjective
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
combative
x/x
Adjective
circumspect
/xx
Adjective
nasty
/x
Adjective
unsettled
x/x
Adjective
offended
x/x
Verb
unsympathetic
xxx/x
Adjective
sticky
/x
Adjective
pushy
/x
Adjective
confusing
x/x
Adjective
aggravating
/xxx
Adjective
angry
/x
Adjective
reticent
/xx
Adjective
miffed
/
Verb
affectionate
x/xx
Adjective
hurtful
/x
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective
harsh
/
Adjective
excitable
x/xx
Adjective
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
peeved
/
Adjective
fidgety
/xx
Adjective
tiresome
/xx
Adjective
fretful
/x
Adjective
conflicted
x/x
Adjective
tolerant
/xx
Adjective
nervous
/x
Adjective
fickle
/x
Adjective
worrisome
/xx
Adjective
antagonistic
xxx/x
Adjective
unforgiving
xx/x
Adjective
rude
/
Adjective
tactful
/x
Adjective
edgy
/x
Adjective
prudish
/x
Adjective
overwrought
xx/
Adjective
squeamish
/x
Adjective
feeling
/x
Noun
itchy
/x
Adjective
brittle
/x
Adjective
allergic
x/x
Adjective
defensive
x/x
Adjective
worked up
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Phrase, Adjective
queasy
/x
Adjective
jittery
/xx
Adjective
perturbed
x/
Adjective
petulant
/xx
Adjective
fit to be tied
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Phrase, Adjective
neurotic
x/x
Adjective
intense
x/
Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
politically correct
x/xxx/
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
heady
/x
Adjective
hot and bothered
///x
Phrase, Adjective
fired up
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
anxious
/x
Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective
taut
/
Adjective
subject
x/
Noun
mite
/
Noun
topic
/x
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
vanity
/xx
Noun
temper
/x
Noun
pride
/
Noun
tonight
x/
Noun
situation
xx/x
Noun
temperament
/xx
Noun
stomach
/x
Noun
matter
/x
Noun
stuff
/
Noun
question
/x
Noun
mood
/
Noun
business
/x
Noun
disposition
xx/x
Noun
lot
/
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
proposition
xx/x
Noun
fellow
/x
Noun
negotiations
xxx/x
Noun
point
/
Noun
nationalism
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Noun
spot
/
Noun
area
/xx
Noun
affair
x/
Noun
ground
/
Noun
kind
/
Noun
gets
/
Verb
sort
/
Noun
guy
/
Noun
bit
/
Noun
grown
/
Verb
bothersome
/xx
Adjective
candidate
/xx
Noun, Verb
capable
/xx
Adjective
careful
/x
Adjective
emotional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
fingers
/x
Noun
hardest
/x
Adjective, Adverb
liable
/xx
Adjective
likely
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
litigious
x/x
Adjective
loving
/x
Adjective, Noun
moody
/x
Name, Adjective
nerve
/
Noun, Verb
perfunctory
x/xx
Adjective
person
/x
Noun, Verb
potentially
x/xx
Adverb
responsive
x/x
Adjective
smelly
/x
Adjective, Noun
sociable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
sore
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
superficial
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
susceptible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
uninteresting
x/xx
Adjective
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb