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21 touchy business
СМИ: рискованное дело -
22 touchy feely
Общая лексика: эмоционально, свободно (чересчур, иногда неестественно, не по этическим нормам общества) -
23 touchy issue
1) Общая лексика: деликатная тема, деликатный вопрос2) СМИ: рискованный вопрос -
24 touchy point
Макаров: опасное дело, рискованное дело -
25 touchy problem
СМИ: деликатная проблема -
26 touchy question
СМИ: щепетильный вопрос -
27 touchy situation
Макаров: опасное положение, рискованное положение -
28 touchy subject
Общая лексика: щекотливая тема -
29 touchy topic
СМИ: деликатная тема -
30 touchy, thin-skinned
Общая лексика: болезненный -
31 touchy-feely
1) Общая лексика: (действовать) на основе эмоций и поверхностных суждений, слюнявый2) Разговорное выражение: открыто проявляющий свои эмоции, раскрепощённый -
32 touchy problem
деликатная проблема, щекотливая проблема -
33 to be touchy about criticism
to be touchy about criticism (remarks) болезненно воспринимать критику (замечания)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to be touchy about criticism
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34 to be touchy about smth
to be touchy about/upon smth болезненно воспринимать что-либоEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to be touchy about smth
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35 (a) touchy question
a touchy question/business щекотливый вопросEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) touchy question
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36 very touchy
very (extremely) touchy очень (крайне) обидчивый -
37 a touchy pencil drawing
Общая лексика: штрихованный карандашный набросокУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > a touchy pencil drawing
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38 a touchy subject
Политика: больное место, больной вопрос -
39 be touchy
Общая лексика: быть обидчивым -
40 public opinion is very touchy with regard to international events
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > public opinion is very touchy with regard to international events
См. также в других словарях:
Touchy! — «Touchy! (1988)» Sencillo de a ha del álbum Stay On These Roads Formato 7 , 12 y CD Duración (4:31) (Duración de la Canción) Discográfica Warner Bros. Records … Wikipedia Español
touchy — [tuch′ē] adj. touchier, touchiest [ TOUCH + Y2: also ( TOUCHY sense 1) altered < TECHY] 1. easily offended; oversensitive; irritable 2. sensitive to touch; easily irritated, as a part of the body … English World dictionary
Touchy — Touch y, a. [For techy, tetchy.] Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
touchy — index fractious, perverse, petulant, querulous, resentful, sensitive (easily affected) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C … Law dictionary
touchy — (adj.) too sensitive, c.1600, perhaps an alteration of TETCHY (Cf. tetchy) (q.v.) influenced by TOUCH (Cf. touch) (v.). Related: Touchiness … Etymology dictionary
touchy — *irascible, choleric, splenetic, testy, cranky, cross Analogous words: *irritable, fractious, snappish, waspish, peevish: captious, caviling, faultfinding, carping (see CRITICAL) Antonyms: imperturbable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
touchy — [adj] easily offended bad tempered, bundle of nerves*, cantankerous, captious, choleric, crabbed, cranky, cross, delicate, dicey*, grouchy, grumpy, hazardous, hypersensitive, irascible, irritable, jumpy*, mean, ornery*, oversensitive, peevish,… … New thesaurus
touchy — ► ADJECTIVE (touchier, touchiest) 1) quick to take offence; oversensitive. 2) (of a situation or issue) requiring careful handling. DERIVATIVES touchily adverb touchiness noun. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of … English terms dictionary
Touchy! — Infobox Single Name = Touchy! Artist = a ha from Album = Stay on These Roads B side = Hurry Home Released = 15th August 1988 Format = 7 , 12 , Cd Recorded = 1988 Genre = Synthpop New Wave Alternative rock Length = 4:33 Label = Writer = Producer … Wikipedia
touchy — [[t]tʌ̱tʃi[/t]] touchier, touchiest 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ about n (disapproval) If you describe someone as touchy, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated. She is very touchy about her past... Don t be so touchy. Syn:… … English dictionary
touchy — UK [ˈtʌtʃɪ] / US adjective Word forms touchy : adjective touchy comparative touchier superlative touchiest a) becoming angry or upset very easily touchy about: Are you always so touchy about your work? b) likely to make people angry or upset… … English dictionary