touchy
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: easily offended
Synonyms:
bad-tempered
bundle of nerves
cantankerous
captious
choleric
crabbed
cranky
cross
delicate
dicey
grouchy
grumpy
hazardous
hypersensitive
irascible
irritable
jumpy
mean
ornery
oversensitive
peevish
perturbable
pettish
petulant
precarious
querulous
quicktempered
risky
sensitive
splenetic
surly
temperamental
testy
thin-skinned
ticklish
tricky
unpredictable
unsafe
uptight
volatile
wired up
wound up
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