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Synonyms for touchy

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Synonyms for touchy

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Synonyms for touchy

quick to take offense

difficult to handle

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They are unafraid to preach on touchier moral teachings and eager to share rituals they consider timeless--ones their gray-haired peers often interpret as a step backward from the hard-won changes of the Second Vatican Council.
ANYBODY who has had the misfortune to encounter miserable old me recently will know that I have been touchier than a fondling footballer.
But put a therapist in the room instead of a TV?" Considering how most men feel about weakness, the subject of mental health can be even touchier than most physical maladies.
What is more, the government also plans to sharply cut wealth tax -- a far touchier subject, and one of direct concern to all those who have put away unaccounted wealth.
In the sensitive world of Canadian defence procurement there are very few subjects touchier than that of the fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft (FWSAR).
(21) Instead, the poet expands on the touchier situation, finding in Drusus's death an opportunity not only to praise Livia but, as in Seneca's Consolatio ad Marciam, a chance to examine how Livia negotiates her status in a house constantly undergoing realignment.
That "sketch-approval limbo dance" offers tantalizing backstage glimpses of decision-making at the Times, where sensitivities to art can be even touchier than to text.
The "touchier" the subject (e.g., changing travel budgets, examining "sacred content" in MBA core courses, developing a workload policy, or modifying promotion and tenure guidelines), the greater is the need for input across the entire school.
Organizers also said they will focus on some of the touchier subjects that arise for obituary writers, including: advance obituaries, multimedia approaches, suicides, background for obituary subjects, regional approaches to obituary writing, interviewing techniques, and photo acquisition.
But "Borat's" anti-political correctness slant could rile up touchier territories.
But there are other even touchier subjects like North Korea.
We get a lot of Enya." And touchier matters: "You have to be diplomatic," says Bouaoun.
The situation is touchier still if you're joining a small organization, particularly one where the founder is charismatic, still closely identified with the group's purpose, and reluctant to let go.
What makes the issue touchier for Jordan is that it violates the peace treaty the Kingdom signed with the Jewish state a decade ago.
Despite his at times cocktail-hour tone, Powell was unmistakably serious when pressed on the touchier issues--namely migration, agriculture and the Middle East.