touchy Definition

touchy
adj touchier, touchiest

colloq:
1. Easily annoyed or offended.

Thesaurus: irritable, irascible, captious, peevish, testy, petulant, thin-skinned, querulous, grouchy, grumpy, splenetic, quick-tempered; Antonym: calm, serene, unflappable.
2. Needing to be handled or dealt with with care and tact.

Derivative: touchily
adverb

Derivative: touchiness
noun