touchiness
81testiness — n irritability, petulance, snappishness, irascibility, touchiness, tetchiness, prickliness; peevishness, waspishness, raspiness, fretfulness, edginess, nervousness; excitability, fieriness, inflammability; grouchiness, crankiness, crabbedness,… …
82uncertainty — n 1. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, dubiety, skepticism; unsureness, hesitancy, hesitation; caution, wariness, tentativeness; suspicion, suspiciousness, diffidence, misgiving, distrust, mistrust. 2. guess, piece of guesswork; borderline case,… …
83virulence — n 1. poisonousness, venomousness, ven omness, toxicity, deadliness, virulency; lethality, fatalness; noxiousness, harmfulness, hurtfulness, injuriousness, detrimentalness, detrimentality, deleteriousness, unwholesomeness, unhealthiness;… …
84sensitivity — noun 1) the sensitivity of the skin Syn: responsiveness, sensitiveness, reactivity, susceptibility 2) the job calls for sensitivity Syn: tact, diplomacy, delicacy, subtlety, understanding 3) …
85touchy — UK [ˈtʌtʃɪ] / US adjective Word forms touchy : adjective touchy comparative touchier superlative touchiest a) becoming angry or upset very easily touchy about: Are you always so touchy about your work? b) likely to make people angry or upset… …
86touchy — /ˈtʌtʃi / (say tuchee) adjective (touchier, touchiest) 1. apt to take offence on slight provocation; irritable. 2. precarious, risky, or ticklish, as a subject. 3. sensitive to touch. 4. easily ignited, as tinder. {variant of tetchy, by… …
87nervousness — [n] anxious state agitation, all overs*, anger, animation, butterflies*, cold sweat*, creeps*, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers*, excitability, feverishness, fidgets*, flap*, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters*, jumps*,… …
88temper — [n1] state of mind atmosphere, attitude, attribute, aura, character, climate, complexion, condition, constitution, disposition, drift, frame of mind, humor, individualism, individuality, leaning, makeup, mind, mood, nature, orientation, outlook,… …
89touchily — 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 …
90touchy — ► 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 …
