Thesaurus / touchiness
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synonyms for touchiness
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- heat
- huffiness
- impatience
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- wax
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- grouchiness
- hotheadedness
- ill humor
- irascibleness
- low boiling point
- short fuse
- slow burn
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- wax
- anger
- stage fright
- tension
- turbulence
- uneasiness
- worry
- agitation
- animation
- butterflies
- creeps
- delirium
- discomfiture
- disquiet
- disquietude
- dithers
- excitability
- feverishness
- fidget
- fidgets
- flap
- fluster
- fuss
- impatience
- jump
- jumps
- moodiness
- neurasthenia
- neuroticism
- perturbation
- quivers
- sensitivity
- shakes
- shiver
- stimulation
- stress
- timidity
- tizzy
- to-do
- tremble
- trembles
- willies
- all-overs
- cold sweat
- tremulousness
- agitation
- anger
- disquiet
- impatience
- jitters
- sensitivity
- stage fright
- stress
- tension
- turbulence
- uneasiness
- worry
- animation
- butterflies
- creeps
- delirium
- discomfiture
- disquietude
- dithers
- excitability
- feverishness
- fidgets
- flap
- fluster
- fuss
- jumps
- moodiness
- neurasthenia
- neuroticism
- perturbation
- quivers
- shakes
- stimulation
- timidity
- tizzy
- to-do
- trembles
- willies
- all-overs
- cold sweat
- tremulousness
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- irascibleness
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- wax
- anger
- fury
- impatience
- ire
- outburst
- passion
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- tantrum
- acerbity
- annoyance
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- heat
- huffiness
- irascibility
- irritability
- irritation
- miff
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- snit
- sourness
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tartness
- tear
- tiff
- tizzy
- wax
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- grouchiness
- hotheadedness
- ill humor
- short fuse
- slow burn
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- heat
- huffiness
- impatience
- irascibility
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tiff
- tizzy
- wax
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- grouchiness
- hotheadedness
- ill humor
- irascibleness
- low boiling point
- short fuse
- slow burn
antonyms for touchiness
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How to use touchiness in a sentence
Swift showed a complete absence of the ordinary touchiness of authors.
SWIFTLESLIE STEPHENThe "touchiness" of the world in general affords tactless persons a perennial source of offended astonishment.
DIANA TEMPEST, VOLUME III (OF 3)MARY CHOLMONDELEYTactil′ity, state of being tactile: touchiness; Tac′tion, act of touching: sense of touch.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSBut at this time they developed a new touchiness; possibly Lent was partly accountable.
THE FURNACEROSE MACAULAYTouchiness, when it becomes chronic, is a morbid condition of the inward disposition.
PAX VOBISCUMHENRY DRUMMONDHe liked that absence of all "touchiness" from her, and felt that a man could rest comfortably on her good breeding.
IN THE WILDERNESSROBERT HICHENSEither by the Queen herself, whose touchiness is well known, or by jealous and mischief-making fellow courtiers.
A LETTER BOOKGEORGE SAINTSBURYThe combination of modesty, touchiness and pride, without humour, is typical and happily caught.
GEORGE BORROWEDWARD THOMASThe "touchiness of the lower class" causes them to be offended by the very sanitary regulations designed for their benefit.
PROBLEMS OF POVERTYJOHN A. HOBSONWith their larkishness goes also a boys touchiness and sensitiveness to a slight.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAMWORDS RELATED TO TOUCHINESS
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibleness
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- touchiness
- wax
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- touchiness
- wax
- agitation
- all-overs
- anger
- animation
- butterflies
- cold sweat
- creeps
- delirium
- discomfiture
- disquiet
- disquietude
- dithers
- excitability
- feverishness
- fidget
- fidgets
- flap
- fluster
- fuss
- impatience
- jump
- jumps
- moodiness
- neurasthenia
- neuroticism
- perturbation
- quivers
- sensitivity
- shakes
- shiver
- stage fright
- stimulation
- stress
- tension
- timidity
- tizzy
- to-do
- touchiness
- tremble
- trembles
- tremulousness
- turbulence
- uneasiness
- willies
- worry
- agitation
- all-overs
- anger
- animation
- butterflies
- cold sweat
- creeps
- delirium
- discomfiture
- disquiet
- disquietude
- dithers
- excitability
- feverishness
- fidgets
- flap
- fluster
- fuss
- impatience
- jitters
- jumps
- moodiness
- neurasthenia
- neuroticism
- perturbation
- quivers
- sensitivity
- shakes
- stage fright
- stimulation
- stress
- tension
- timidity
- tizzy
- to-do
- touchiness
- trembles
- tremulousness
- turbulence
- uneasiness
- willies
- worry
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- irascibleness
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- low boiling point
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- spleen
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- temperament
- tetchiness
- tiff
- tizzy
- touchiness
- wax
- acerbity
- anger
- annoyance
- bad humor
- cantankerousness
- crossness
- dander
- excitability
- fit
- fretfulness
- furor
- fury
- grouchiness
- heat
- hotheadedness
- huffiness
- ill humor
- impatience
- irascibility
- ire
- irritability
- irritation
- miff
- outburst
- passion
- peevishness
- petulance
- pugnacity
- rage
- resentment
- sensitivity
- short fuse
- slow burn
- snit
- sourness
- stew
- sullenness
- surliness
- tantrum
- tartness
- tear
- tiff
- tizzy
- touchiness
- wax
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.