SENSITIVE
ADJECTIVES
► BLEEDING HEART sensitive to the plight of others, anguished; often as ‘bleeding heart liberal’ → 1958 UK sl., disparaging usage
► DAUNCH fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one’s own dignity → c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FEELY sensitive → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KITTLY easily offended; sensitive → Sc.
► NESH dainty, delicate; tender, sensitive; sickly → 1870 Amer. dial.
► OUCHY irritable, short-tempered, touchy, easily offended, sensitive, intolerant → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PRICKLY of a person: quick to react angrily, ready to take offense; touchy, oversensitive → 1853
► PUDGETTY ► PUDJICKY ► PUTCHITY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → 1866 Amer. dial.
► PUTCHY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → 1905 Amer. dial.
► PUXY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → 1921 Amer. dial.
► SET ON A HAIR TRIGGER extremely sensitive to stimuli → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive → 1815 Amer. dial.
► TETCHIOUS sensitive to touch → .1951 Amer. dial.
► TETCHOUS sensitive to touch → .1842 Amer. dial.
► TETCHY of a subject, situation, etc.: sensitive, ticklish → 1886 Amer. dial.
► THINGIE overly sensitive; anxious; tense → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THIN-SKINNED sensitive to criticism, reproach, or rebuff; easily offended; touchy
► TICKLE in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate, sensitive → 1515
► TICKLISH easily upset in temper; apt to be offended, sensitive, touchy → 1581
► TOUCHOUS physically sensitive; tender, painful to the touch → 1894 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BIG GIRL’S BLOUSE a weak, cowardly, timid, or oversensitive man; an ineffectual person; an effeminate male → 1969 UK sl.
► NASH a man with a sensitive disposition → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POOSHEY ► POOSHIE ► POOSHY an over-sensitive person → 1960s Ulster sl.
► PUSHIE an over-sensitive person → 1960s Ulster sl.
► QUICHE-EATER a sensitive man; an effeminate male → 1984 US sl.
PHRASES
► BRUISE EASY AND CRY LOUD said of an over-sensitive person → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► HAVE A HAIR CROSSED to be touchy, sensitive, or defensive → 1968 Amer. dial.
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