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Touchy

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

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Difficult 84% connected

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sensitive 84% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Sensitive 84% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Delicate 92% connected

Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Huffy 92% connected

Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thin-skinned 92% connected

Having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ticklish 92% connected

Sensible to slight touches; easily tickled; as, the sole of the foot is very ticklish; the hardened palm of the hand is not ticklish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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