touchy

adjective

Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.

adjective

Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate.

adjective

Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.

adjective

Easily ignited or exploded.

Apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable; irascible; peevish; testy: tetchy.

In decorative art, made up of small points, broken lines, or touches, and not drawn in a firm unbroken line, as the outline of any pattern.

adjective

Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.

adjective

Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

adjective

Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.

adjective

difficult to handle; requiring great tact