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79 entries under sensitive topic. ×
| cantankerous(adjective, delicate, cross, unpleasant, miserable) | |
| hypersensitive(adjective, delicate, unpredictable, unreliable) | |
| splenetic(adjective, delicate, cross, melancholy) | |
| hot-blooded(adjective, moving, passionate, fierce) | |
| huffy(adjective, unstable, changeable, prickly) | |
| tetchy(adjective, irritable, touchy, bad-tempered) | |
| thin-skinned(adjective, delicate, unpredictable, unreliable) | |
| prickly(adjective, unpleasant, disagreeable, ill-tempered) | |
| surly(adjective, mean, nasty, delicate, unpleasant) | |
| captious(adjective, delicate, irritable, tricky) | |
| hysterical(adjective, moving, nervous, emotional) | |
| mean(adjective, nasty, delicate, unpleasant, dirty) | |
| nervous(adjective, moving, emotional, restless) | |
| ornery(adjective, mean, nasty, delicate, unpleasant) | |
| oversensitive(adjective, delicate, nervous, tense) | |
| querulous(adjective, delicate, tricky, impatient) | |
| responsive(adjective, moving, touching, exciting) | |
| susceptible(adjective, moving, nervous, emotional) | |
| uptight(adjective, delicate, nervous, irritable) | |
| bundle of nerves(expression, adjective, idiom, delicate) |
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