TOUCHY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary You have to be careful what you say to Kevin - he's rather touchy She's very touchy about the fact that her wife was married before needing to be dealt with carefully :
touchy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . [not usually before noun] touchy (about something) (of a person) easily upset or offended synonym sensitive He's a little touchy about his weight She gets very touchy if you mention the divorce The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words
Touchy - definition of touchy by The Free Dictionary Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive 2 Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate: a touchy situation 3 Highly sensitive to touch Used of a body part 4 Easily ignited or exploded touch′i·ness n American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
touchy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary touchy (comparative touchier, superlative touchiest) (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness