Synonyms of touchy-feely

touchy-feely

adjective

ˌtə-chē-ˈfē-lē 

as in emotional

showing feeling freely

she is too touchy-feely and he is too stiff-upper-lip for their relationship to ever work out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• emotional
• affectionate
• loving
• effusive
• demonstrative
• uninhibited
• outgoing
• passionate
• unreserved
• sentimental
• sensitive
• warm
• feeling
• unrestrained
• melodramatic
• mawkish
• theatrical
• mushy
• gushy
• dramatic
• intense
• histrionic
• communicative
• schmaltzy
• expansive
• outspoken
• theatric
• soulful
• maudlin
• extroverted
• blunt
• frank
• extraverted
• candid
• hyperemotional
• gushing
• plain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unemotional
• restrained
• reserved
• inhibited
• undemonstrative
• quiet
• silent
• constrained
• reticent
• shy
• modest
• bashful
• introverted
• dispassionate
• retiring
• indifferent
• aloof
• taciturn
• detached
• phlegmatic
• cold
• unconcerned
• unfeeling
• stolid
• emotionless
• unfriendly
• impassive
• icy
• glacial
• frigid
• chilly
• self-directed
• hard-edged
• hard-hearted
• hard-boiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of touchy-feely

But empathy is a bit too touchy-feely as a consistent motivation—at least for me. —Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025

Some people just aren’t touchy-feely — and that’s their prerogative. —Catherine Pearson, New York Times, 22 May 2025

Bringing more manufacturing back to US shores, including the iPhone assembly work that Trump seems so keen on would surely require greater use of robots—especially systems with the touchy-feely skills needed to manipulate small, intricate components. —Will Knight, Wired News, 7 May 2025

Valerie Bertinelli is standing up for Drew Barrymore and her naturally touchy-feely personality. —EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025

Drew Barrymore admitted that she has been warned about her notorious touchy-feely interview style. —Ashley Hume, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024

Collaboration gets pegged as: a waste of time (pulls people away from focused, individual work) a way to get slow people up to speed at the expense of fast people fluffy and touchy-feely The brain science tells a different story. —Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024

So, naturally, when one of Jacob’s students becomes patient zero of a ringworm outbreak at Abbott, the touchy-feely bubble of the early stage of Gregory’s relationship with Janine quickly bursts, becoming their first real speed bump since going public. —Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024

At first glance, this is the kind of touchy-feely corporate propaganda that exists to convince employees the company cares about them and assure clients of its human touch. —Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024