Sentence example with the word 'touchy'

touchy

agitable, close, dicey, explosive, high-spirited, itchy, overtender, quick-tempered, snappish, terrifying, unsure

Definition adj. quick to take offense

Last update: August 18, 2015


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He is very touchy in these matters.   [adjective]

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He is too touchy to make judicious decisions.   [adjective]

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They are so touchy they will not brook even a single harsh or impolite word.   [adjective]

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They have been touchy about, if not intolerant of, criticism, betraying a lack of introspection.   [adjective]

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Carne stared fiercely, for he was of touchy temper; but he might as well have stared at a bucket of water in the hope of deranging its tranquillity.   [adjective]

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If Admiral Darling smiled, it was to the landscape and the offing, for he knew that Stubbard was of rather touchy fibre, and relished no jokes unless of home production.   [adjective]

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Women especially are so touchy.   [adjective]

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Captains are always touchy about that sort of thing.   [Please select]

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"Mother," Marion explained, "is getting awfully touchy about the piano."   [Please select]

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Diogenes the Cynic exhibited the impudence of a touchy soul.   [Please select]

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