touchiness
1
7.2
- noun
- /ˈtʌtʃi.nəs/
:
sensibilidad
- Her touchiness about criticism often leads to misunderstandings with her friends.
Examples
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The team's touchiness during meetings caused tension and poor communication among members.
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That ridiculous pride and that terrible touchiness...
Fiction book (1994) -
Really, people, the touchiness and defensiveness.
Blog text (12) -
So edginess and touchiness are compatible with openness too.
Blog text (9) -
The "execrable" hand served as an illustration for this piece, and that Proctor note served as another instance of the astronomer's touchiness.
Academic text (1999) -
It was all touchy-feely, all emotions, just differing flavors of touchiness and feeliness.
Blog text (29) -
It sometimes seemed to him that half the trouble in the world was caused by carelessness about royal invitations, the other half by the touchiness of wicked fairies.
Fiction book (2001) -
She wanted elegance, I suppose, though she had contempt for her desire; touchiness twisted the drive—and this is where you and her mother come in.
Fiction book (2000) -
His touchiness makes it difficult for people to give him constructive feedback.
Synonyms
1
7.3
A feeling of being easily annoyed and quick to lose patience
1
5.8
A tendency to react too strongly to criticism or small problems
1
8.5
A habit of giving short, angry answers when annoyed
1
5.7
A state of being easily upset or hard to please
A tendency to become easily annoyed and show anger
A tendency to feel hurt or upset very easily by words and events
Being easily annoyed and angry about small things in a childish way
Being easily affected by feelings and aware of others' emotions
Antonyms
How Touchy
8
4.2
1
7.2
5
9.0
100
3.9
9
2.7
160
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Touchiness comes from the simple word touch ('to feel' or 'make contact') plus the ending -ness that makes it a quality. Think of someone's feelings being easily 'touched' by small remarks, so touchiness means being quickly upset, annoyed, or offended.