Tetchy vs. Touchy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tetchy and Touchy
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Tetchy
Peevish; testy
"As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" (James Wolcott).
Touchy
Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
Tetchy
Synonym of touchy: easily annoyed or irritated, peevish, testy, irascible; also (figurative) extremely sensitive, difficult to manage, use, or work.
Touchy
Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate
A touchy situation.
Tetchy
See Techy.
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Touchy
Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.
Tetchy
Easily irritated or annoyed;
An incorrigibly fractious young man
Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Touchy
Easily ignited or exploded.
Touchy
(of a situation) 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.
Touchy
(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.
He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.
Touchy
(informal) Inclined to engage in physical touch.
Touchy
Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.
It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks.
Touchy
Quick to take offense
Touchy
Irritable and looking for trouble;
Too touchy to make judicious decisions
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