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• s  quick to take offense
• s  difficult to handle; requiring great tact
  a touchy subject

• Young Boris Tchetveroukine, the proud son of a proud White Russian emigre naval officer, was always a touchy fellow.
• It's touchy-feely apple didn't invent the touchscreen.
• Helping an overweight child can be a touchy matter.

• huffy
• thin-skinned
• feisty
• delicate
• ticklish

News & Articles

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• Stretching the Limits: Hands-on yoga a touchy subject
  Touchy subject, touch. It's a hot topic in yoga. Are hands-on assists and adjustments essential or not? I only know my own experience. I'm super-sensitive. Say I arrive early for a class and the instructor is still prepping and looks annoyed.
  June 11, 2013 - Journal & Courier
• Lying liar Weiner’s underage girl problem
  Touchy, touchy. Despite Team Anthony Weiner’s best efforts at political rehabilitation, there’s just no way to shore up his sorest scandal spot. As the New York Post reported this week, Weiner had a b
  June 9, 2013 - The Conroe Courier
• Lying Liar Anthony Weiner's Underage Girl Problem
  Touchy, touchy. Despite Team Anthony Weiner's best efforts at political rehabilitation, there's just no way to shore up his sorest scandal spot. As the New York Post reported this week, Weiner had a bit of a snit fit when a local Democratic official boldly slammed his sexting habits with underage girls.
  June 7, 2013 - Michelle Malkin via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Antonin Scalia in On Top Magazine
  Oh, this is such a touchy-feely, so sensitivepoint of view, Scalia said as the court erupted in laughter. "You know, you can't run a democracy this way, with everybody being afraid of having his political positions known."
• Chris Brown in ABC News
  I was wrong for what I did,Brown told Roberts. "And I would definitely say that it's not something that I look past or look over. Something that's really, really touchy. And, and like I said, I'm -- I'm really sorry for -- for what went...
• Dan Morgan in SportingNews.com
  That's a touchy situation especially as an NFL player to even talk about,Morgan said. "But us owning a doggie day care, we love dogs, we take care of dogs. We adopt dogs, we bring them in. We pay for them ourselves. We do a lot of stuff...