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sensitive(adjective, soft, delicate, cross, irritable)
9
hypersensitive(adjective, feeling, understanding, soft, keen)
6
irritable(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible)
6
thin-skinned(adjective, hurt, delicate, sensitive, emotional)
6
touchy(adjective, understanding, soft, keen, fine)
4
delicate(adjective, understanding, soft, keen, fine)
3
querulous(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional)
2
hypercritical(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
2
prickly(adjective, cross, nervous, sensitive, emotional)
2
temperamental(adjective, delicate, nervous, sensitive, tense)
2
ticklish(adjective, understanding, keen, fine, sensible)
1
annoyed(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
1
bad-tempered(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional)
1
bearish(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
1
brooding(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
1
bundle of nerves(expression, adjective, idiom, delicate, sensitive)
1
cantankerous(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional)
1
captious(adjective, delicate, sensitive, tricky, impatient)
1
carping(adjective, cross, emotional, vulnerable, touchy)
1
choleric(adjective, delicate, cross, sensitive, emotional)
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