touchier
More easily offended
Touchier is the comparative form of touchy, meaning more sensitive or easily offended.
Someone touchier than usual might be sleep-deprived or stressed: She's been touchier lately about criticism.
A touchier subject requires more delicate handling than others.
Short-tempered, easily provoked
- peevishHabitually fretful
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
- snappyQuick and clever
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
cranky · grumpy · cantankerous · irascible · querulous · fractious · choleric · splenetic
Excessively prone to offense
- hypersensitiveExcessively reactive to stimuli
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- rawIn original state
tender · wounded · bruised · defensive · guarded · self-conscious · insecure · reactive
testy
Short-tempered, easily provoked
grouchy · cranky · grumpy · cantankerous · irascible · querulous · fractious · choleric · splenetic · short-tempered
oversensitive
Excessively prone to offense
- hypersensitiveExcessively reactive to stimuli
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- vulnerableOpen to attack
raw · tender · wounded · bruised · defensive · guarded · self-conscious · insecure · reactive · prickly
edgy
Tense and irritable
tense · stressed · wound-up · high-strung · overwrought · antsy · restless · agitated · fidgety · jumpy
delicate
Easily broken or harmed
thorny · awkward · sticky · sensitive · controversial · contentious · divisive · volatile · explosive · fraught
- touching upMaking minor improvements
- touching downMaking contact with surface
- no touchingProhibition on physical contact
- touching baseBrief informal contact
- touching grassReconnecting with physical reality
- touching woodLuck-preserving superstition