Synonyms:
delicate, ticklish, touchy
Meaning: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
Synonyms:
huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy
Meaning: quick to take offense
Usage examples
"You are too touchy about these things.
You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled, quick-tempered, or "touchy" disposition.
Peters, a touchy fellow, at once dictated a letter of protest to Clark; and Clark sent Peters' letter to me, marked with a big note of interrogation in blue pencil.