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touchiness

How to use touchiness in a sentence

Swift showed a complete absence of the ordinary touchiness of authors.

SWIFTLESLIE STEPHEN

The "touchiness" of the world in general affords tactless persons a perennial source of offended astonishment.

Tactil′ity, state of being tactile: touchiness; Tac′tion, act of touching: sense of touch.

But at this time they developed a new touchiness; possibly Lent was partly accountable.

THE FURNACEROSE MACAULAY

Touchiness, when it becomes chronic, is a morbid condition of the inward disposition.

PAX VOBISCUMHENRY DRUMMOND

He liked that absence of all "touchiness" from her, and felt that a man could rest comfortably on her good breeding.

Either by the Queen herself, whose touchiness is well known, or by jealous and mischief-making fellow courtiers.

A LETTER BOOKGEORGE SAINTSBURY

The combination of modesty, touchiness and pride, without humour, is typical and happily caught.

The "touchiness of the lower class" causes them to be offended by the very sanitary regulations designed for their benefit.

With their larkishness goes also a boys touchiness and sensitiveness to a slight.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985