how to pronounce touchy

/ˈtʌtʃiː/

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touchy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of touchy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Arab culture is kind of touchy sometimes …”

meaning of touchy

Touchy means easily annoyed or offended.

touchy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word touchy occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics touchy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that touchy can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;