What is "touchy"

Usage examples of "touchy".

The abrasive warrior woman was about as warm and cuddly as a porcupine, and just as touchy.

Moreover, because touchy subjects arouse emotion, they are especially useful for the writer who knows that arousing the emotions of his audience is the test of his skill.

The politics of the situation were going to be touchy, and the last thing Gordian wanted was to start stepping on toes.

Yabu was uncommonly tense, and Omi and Naga both had been touchy almost to the point of belligerence.

I was told, incidentally, that the language of the Priest-Kings does possess more morphemes than English but I do not know if the report is truthful or not, for Priest-Kings tend to be somewhat touchy on the matter of any comparisons, particularly those to their disadvantage or putative disadvantage, with organisms of what they regard as the lower orders.

In his mind, his quick message to Seria was rapidly ramifying into a particularly touchy and tentative love letter.

Lord Olvan, to lead the hunt for Kilian rather than the more exciting apprehension of Scarth Saltbeck had been a touchy matter.

For instance, he warned them to stay away from the property of the more touchy citizens who might be expected to defend their possessions and even come into the mountains after thieves, people like Aaron Court and Benny Ripon, a part-time gunfighter and part-time jeweler, and people who might take revenge in other ways, people like Al Bleiberg, the butcher, who might refuse to sell their stolen cattle, or Sheriff Maxie, who might alter his laissez-faire attitude toward Packard activities, or Lilith Moran, who might bar them from the delights of gambling, drinking, and whoring at the Fallen Angel.

Vestal virgin and a priest of Asiago, a local god who had the misfortune of sharing a name with cheese, and was more than a little touchy about it.

Few humans had ever visited them, and fewer had returned, for while the citified Blueskins lacked some of the unpleasant habits of their savage brethren, they were inclined to be touchy and had some unpleasant tendencies toward atavism.

But as they were, Lacone could at least pretend to touchy martial arts egos that all his locations were equally desirable.

The old Kanten would warn him if he was getting into an area Culla found touchy.

I followed Mackie out of the yard and across the road and on to the downland track, and found that Touchy knew what to do from long experience but would respond better to pressure with the calf rather than to strong pulls on his tough old mouth.

More so at that time than today, any Quebecois artist who wished to put on a show in English was getting him- or herself into a touchy, very delicate situation.

Any Wisdom was touchy about her authority, but Nynaeve was touchier than most.