- Touchiness
- Touchiness Touch"i*ness (t[u^]ch"[i^]*n[e^]s), n. The quality or state of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Touchiness
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touchiness — touchy ► ADJECTIVE (touchier, touchiest) 1) quick to take offence; oversensitive. 2) (of a situation or issue) requiring careful handling. DERIVATIVES touchily adverb touchiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of … English terms dictionary
touchiness — noun see touchy … New Collegiate Dictionary
touchiness — See touchily. * * * … Universalium
touchiness — noun The property of being touchy … Wiktionary
touchiness — touch·i·ness || tÊŒtʃɪnɪs n. irritableness, grumpiness, sensitiveness … English contemporary dictionary
touchiness — n. Peevishness, snappishness, testiness, irritability, irascibility, petulance, fretfulness, spleen, pettishness … New dictionary of synonyms
touchiness — adj 1. tetchiness, testiness, irritability, edginess, snappishness, nervousness; irascibility, cholericness, petulance, Rare. petulancy; grouchiness, grumpiness, crankiness, crabbiness, crotchetiness, crossness, crabbedness; churlishness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
touchiness — touch·i·ness … English syllables
touchiness — See: touchy … English dictionary
touchiness — noun feeling easily irritated • Syn: ↑testiness, ↑tetchiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tetchy (for: ↑tetchiness), ↑touchy, ↑testy ( … Useful english dictionary
