touchiest
Easily upset, most
Touchiest is the superlative of touchy—the most sensitive or easily offended.
Someone who is the touchiest in a group takes offense most readily: He's the touchiest person I know—you can't say anything without him getting upset.
A touchy subject at its touchiest requires the most delicate handling.
Easily provoked to annoyance
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- tetchyEasily provoked to irritation
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- oversensitiveExcessively prone to offense
thin-skinned · short-tempered · temperamental · petulant · peevish · irascible · snappy · grouchy
Easily affected emotionally
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- inflammatoryTending to provoke outrage
provocative · polarizing · thorny · fraught · loaded · hot-button · charged · awkward
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
oversensitive · thin-skinned · short-tempered · temperamental · petulant · peevish · irascible · snappy · grouchy · moody
sensitive
Easily affected emotionally
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
inflammatory · provocative · polarizing · thorny · fraught · loaded · hot-button · charged · awkward · uncomfortable
touchiestthick-skinned
Resistant to criticism
insensitive · unflappable · imperturbable · easygoing · laid-back