TOUCHINESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling easily irritated

Synonyms:

testiness; tetchiness; touchiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("touchiness" is a kind of...):

choler; crossness; fretfulness; fussiness; irritability; peevishness; petulance (an irritable petulant feeling)

Derivation:

touchy (quick to take offense)

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