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Adjective: touchy (touchier,touchiest)  tú-chee
  1. Quick to take offence
    - huffy, thin-skinned, feisty
     
  2. Difficult to handle; requiring great tact
    "a touchy subject"
    - delicate, ticklish

Derived forms: touchiest, touchier

See also: difficult, hard, sensitive, touchily, touchiness

Encyclopedia: Touchy

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