adjective · rare

touchy

touchy · touchier · touchiest

дратівливий

чувствительный, раздражительный, обидчивый

empfindlich, heikel, gereizt, reizbar

Extremely sensitive or volatileExtremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

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/ˈtʌt͡ʃi/

» That's a touchy issue.

Das ist ein heikles Thema.

Это щекотливый вопрос.

Це делікатна проблема.

Це делікатне питання.

Meaning

3 senses

Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
heikel, empfindlich
чувстви́тельныйčuvstvítelʹnyj
Easily offended, oversensitive.
He can be very touchy when you talk about his estranged son, so be as tactful as possible.
gereizt, reizbar, übelnehmerisch
оби́дчивыйobídčivyj, раздражи́тельныйrazdražítelʹnyj
(informal)Inclined to engage in physical touch.

More definitions

difficult to handle; requiring great tact
quick to take offense

Examples

33 sentences

That's a touchy issue.
Це делікатна проблема. — deniko
ruЭто щекотливый вопрос. — odexed
deDas ist ein heikles Thema. — freddy1
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Tom is touchy.
Том уразливий. — deniko
deTom ist empfindlich. — Felixjp
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It's a touchy subject.
Це делікатне питання. — deniko
ruЭто щекотливая тема. — marafon
deDas ist ein heikles Thema. — freddy1
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Tom is very touchy, isn't he?
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Tom is quite touchy.
ruТом довольно обидчивый. — sharptoothed
deTom ist ziemlich empfindlich. — wolfgangth
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

(situation) sensitive or volatile:

(person) easily offended; oversensitive:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

(situation) sensitive or volatile:

(person) easily offended; oversensitive:

Origin

A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influen

A variant of earlier tetchy (“cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle”), under influence from some senses of touch (“affect, disturb”) and simulating touch + -y.

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