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as in sensitive
easily offended
watch what you say around him, as he's very touchy about every little thing
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as in difficult
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
money is a touchy subject for many people and shouldn't be discussed casually
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as in combustible
capable of catching or being set on fire
the experiment involves the use of some touchy chemicals, so caution is required
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Recent Examples of touchy
Likewise, romance is touchy and disappointing.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
But this exercise — a long hug — is basically the final boss of The Feels (and perhaps the exercise the touchy singles mixer is best known for).
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
This could mean establishing that conversations about certain topics, like politics or religion, are off the table—touchy subjects about which people feel passionately.
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
What To Know In recent years, mounting economic pressures have also emerged as yet another touchy topic.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
But this exercise — a long hug — is basically the final boss of The Feels (and perhaps the exercise the touchy singles mixer is best known for).
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
This could mean establishing that conversations about certain topics, like politics or religion, are off the table—touchy subjects about which people feel passionately.
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
What To Know In recent years, mounting economic pressures have also emerged as yet another touchy topic.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for touchy
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The commission said the report overlooks other time-sensitive cases that don't require intake appointments.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Cold conditions may damage or kill sensitive crops, plants, and vegetation if appropriate precautions are not taken.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Business leaders, of course, have their own interests and shareholders to serve, but Democrats can still protect the public interest while giving CEOs a seat at the table to reach pragmatic answers to difficult questions like these.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Activist groups say hundreds of people have been killed, though the true toll remains difficult to verify due to the internet blackout and tight state controls on information.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Removing combustible materials from Zone 0 is one of the most practical steps to reduce risk and improve a structure's likelihood of surviving extreme wildfire exposure.—
Amanda Hari,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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The available evidence raises more questions than answers in an extremely combustible situation in an already tense city.—
Michael Mcauliffe,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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Some of the consequences of owing your body sleep are readily apparent, like feeling drowsy, irritable, or brain-foggy, or catching seemingly every virus.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2026
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Accompanying Rayner through these daily adventures were the irritable duck Chelveston (named after his English bomber base) and the gentle dog puppet Cuddly Dudley.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
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This leads to families having to make tough decisions, said Cindy Kincaid, family caregiver program manager at Centralina Regional Council.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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She's been amazing, a sort of brutal support, tough lover, very educational.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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While chatting with Fallon, Sink shared a few thoughts on the explosive finale of Stranger Things—some of which proved to be a little controversial.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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McNeil-Warren is an explosive, rangy defender with sound tackling technique, and a violent finisher.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hallmarks of the best Halloween travel destinations usually entail a moody fall landscape, local legends that involve a tetchy ghost, vampire, or other variety of ominous being, and themed activities like pumpkin patches and cemetery tours.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Reynolds is a tetchy tyrant, who, enabled by his sister, Cyril (Lesley Manville), has embraced a need to have things just so as a means of warding off vulnerability.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Those costs, Adler said, include slowing down response times, increasing the number of computations and sometimes the model rejecting non-problematic requests.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Sabres run into some significant issues down the lineup — upgrading the fourth line should be among Kekäläinen’s most pressing priorities between now and the trade deadline — but young centre Noah Ostlund has helped give Buffalo’s usually problematic fourth line some connective heft and floor.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Touchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touchy. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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