touchy
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˈtʌtʃi/
:
delicado
- Discussing politics can be a touchy subject, as it often leads to heated arguments.
- touchy subject
- touchy topic
So this is where things get very, very touchy with affidavits.
- So this is where things get very, very touchy with affidavits.
- So I know this is a very touchy topic.
- Now I stress the friend part because I know how touchy this can be.
- Next is a touchy subject, but I've mentioned it before.
- This is, oddly, for some reason, a very touchy subject.
- Number six, it's kind of a touchy subject.
- All right, so this next one might be a little touchy for some, but let's talk about it.
- Anyway, it's a touchy subject, but there's no denying that.
- But at the same time, yeah, censorship is very touchy.
- And also a second question, which is a bit more touchy.
- I sat in the audience to listen to what Sophia said and they asked her a very touchy, sensitive question.
- And that kind of tied into what I wanted to do, which was transplanting, because it's a really, it's a really touchy subject with a lot of people.
- And it's, it's a really touchy line of like where audiences are OK with it and where they're not.
- Poland today makes it a crime to say that anyone in Poland collaborated with the Nazis, so it's clearly very touchy.
- And I'm not saying like I said, it's such, again, it's such a touchy subject because of so many innocent people, but you've still got a question.
Examples
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Next is a touchy subject, but I've mentioned it before.
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And I think that, you know, it's a very touchy subject that should be handled with care.
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Number six, it's kind of a touchy subject.
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It's such a touchy subject.
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The question "Whose city is it?" has always been a touchy subject.
Academic text (2008) -
It's just that it's... well, it's a touchy subject for me.
Fiction book (1991) -
So I know this is a very touchy topic.
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This is, oddly, for some reason, a very touchy subject.
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I don't know, religion is kind of a touchy subject for a lot of people, but I definitely do consider myself religious.
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Joining us in the studio to help tackle this touchy subject is our new friend Carl Lentz.
Synonyms
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2.7
Able to feel small physical changes, pain, or touch
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3.9
Needing great care or skill
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5.2
Hard to talk about or deal with because it may cause an argument
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
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7.9
Openly showing too much emotion and physical closeness that makes others uncomfortable
How Sensitive
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4.6
34
7.4
33
4.9
31
6.0
488
2.9
6
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Touchy comes from the word touch and the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'like'. Imagine a soft fruit that bruises at the smallest press — a touchy topic is one you must handle carefully because it can easily cause trouble or hurt feelings.