touchiness
- a word derived from touchy.
Example Sentences
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For starters, she would like us to get over the kind of hair-trigger touchiness about language that leads to social media pile-ons, and focus on genuine threats.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
The datedness of the jibe about Lacan may suggest a long-nurtured touchiness.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2020
They occasionally display the level of touchiness and desire for privacy one might normally expect of, say, Blanche DuBois.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2019
On Monday, China blocked HBO.com after comedian John Oliver ran a segment that discussed Mr. Xi’s alleged touchiness about his purported resemblance to Winnie the Pooh.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2018
The "touchiness" of the world in general affords tactless persons a perennial source of offended astonishment.
From Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
