touchy

touchy
adjective
empfindlich [Person]; heikel [Thema, Sache]
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adjective (easily annoyed or offended: You're very touchy today; in rather a touchy mood.) empfindlich
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touchy
[ˈtʌtʃi]
adj (fam)
1. (oversensitive) person empfindlich
to be \touchy about sth empfindlich auf etw akk reagieren
she's very \touchy about the fact that her husband has been married before es ist ihr wunder Punkt, dass ihr Mann schon einmal verheiratet war
2. (delicate) situation, topic heikel
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['tʌtʃɪ]
adj
empfindlich (about in Bezug auf +acc); (= irritable also) leicht reizbar; subject heikel, kitzlig (inf)
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touchy [ˈtʌtʃı] adj (adv touchily)
1. (über)empfindlich, reizbar, leicht gekränkt
2. a) riskant, gefährlich
b) heikel, kitzlig (Thema etc)
3. MED (druck)empfindlich
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adjective
empfindlich [Person]; heikel [Thema, Sache]
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adj.
empfindlich adj.
zickig adj.
übelnehmerisch adj.

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