Tetchy vs Touchy - What's the difference?
tetchy | touchy |
Easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible
* 1592 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliette), , (Nurse speaking, spelling modernized):
(of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.
(of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.
As adjectives the difference between tetchy and touchy
is that tetchy is easily annoyed or irritated; peevish, testy or irascible while touchy is extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.tetchy
English
Adjective
(er)- When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple
- Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool,
- To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug!
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touchy
English
Adjective
(er)- It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.
- He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.