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Recent Examples of touchy-feely Excuse the cynicism, but this is the sort of combination of touchy-feely button-pushing and self-conscious peculiarity that’s meant to seem significant and profound that will bring out your inner rom-com Grinch. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025 Looser, more touchy-feely styles include gentle parenting and freestyle parenting. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 19 Aug. 2025 The image of her cutting a snake in half with her shovel doesn’t conjure up a touchy-feely woman. Marc Berman august 15, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025 By contrast, Drebin Jr. is more like a clumsy, aging Saint Bernard: a big, shambling man who wears a dour frown but can turn touchy-feely when the talk turns to romance, owls, or turkey dinners. Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025 Despite that seemingly blasé way the pair first met, the documentary is willing to get a bit more touchy-feely than Lewis herself, making a sterling argument that the duo were really just two pieces of one entity. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 July 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touchy-feely
Adjective
  • Some do not have the emotional wherewithal to to observe that others have needs as well.
    Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Players, coaches, executives and ownership groups have come and gone, but the team remains despite a lengthy and emotional relocation saga that nearly resulted in a move to Seattle.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The fun doc features affectionate tributes from Michael Douglas, Martha Stewart, Mick Jagger, Diane von Furstenberg and Graydon Carter, to name a few celebrities the up-until-now elusive Pigozzi has become close with over the past five decades.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And third wife Isabella Rossellini, while affectionate toward him, is candid about how angry and destructive Scorsese could be.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Touchy-feely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touchy-feely. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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