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

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

But don’t be fooled by the introspective, touchy-feely Trump. —Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024

Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz are getting touchy-feely on their vacation! —Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024

Strays prides itself on being the counterpoint to the touchy-feely standard of the dog movie, though the subgenre isn’t all nose kisses and lesson-learning. —Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024