Touchiness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the property of being touchy
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  • noun. feeling easily irritated
  • Word Usage
    "There is a disease called "touchiness" -- a disease which, in spite of its innocent name, is one of the gravest sources of restlessness in the world."
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