touchy-feely
[ tuhch-ee-fee-lee ]
/ ˈtʌtʃ iˈfi li /
adjective
Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
Words nearby touchy-feely
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Examples from the Web for touchy-feely
And so every presidential campaign of the television age has pushed the touchy-feely button.
Michael Tomasky on How Tricky Mitt Romney Is Aping Richard Nixon|Michael Tomasky|August 28, 2012|DAILY BEASTNursing is touchy-feely, and America is squeamish about anything touchy-feely outside of sex and art.
It avoids that treacly, touchy-feely ground on which Democrats so love to walk.
Michael Tomasky: With Joe Biden’s Speech, The Democrats Finally Man Up|Michael Tomasky|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEASTWe are uncomfortable having the “touchy-feely” conversations with our buddies about sadness and guilt and stress.
The Killing of a Park Ranger on Mount Rainier Reminds Us to Help Returning Soldiers|Benjamin Tupper|January 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for touchy-feely
touchy-feely
/ (ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ) /
adjective
informal, sometimes derogatory openly displaying one's emotions and affections
Derived forms of touchy-feely
touchy-feeliness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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