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Easily upset or irritated

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

Capable of being ignited

Full of aggression or hostility

Susceptible to twitching a lot

Dangerous or perilous

Likely to cause an outburst of anger or controversy

Causing embarrassment or unease

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

Of or involving dispute or controversy

Decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something

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Adjective

Easily upset or irritated

easily offended

bundle of nerves

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

as cross as two sticks

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

not best pleased

foaming at the mouth

bent out of shape

uncommunicative

in high dudgeon

having got out of bed on the wrong side

prima donna-ish

easily provoked

quick to take offense

hyper-sensitive

perversely irritable

apt to fly off the handle

got up on wrong side of bed

having short fuse

hot under collar

easily affected

easily frightened

easily agitated

quick to take offence

pass-remarkable

huffy irascible

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

with chip on shoulder

unfavourable^UK

ill-disciplined

confrontational

socially impaired

undisciplinable

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“Before the Parkinsons he was never a touchy kind of guy.”

Adjective

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

fraught with danger

like herding cats

hanging by a thread

from left field

difficult to understand

incomprehensible

full of twists and turns

antagonizing^US

hard to explain

over one's head

above one's head

beyond comprehension

beyond one's grasp

thought-provoking

antagonising^UK

very devil of a

causing discomfort

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

hard to understand

as clear as mud

discountenancing

open to question

yet to be decided

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“The biggest expenditure in those days was the horse feed for the fire department, a touchy subject in a town that had already burned down a couple of times by then.”

Adjective

Capable of being ignited

Adjective

Full of aggression or hostility

confrontational

ready for a fight

having a chip on one's shoulder

have chip on shoulder

spoiling for a fight

have a bone to pick

itching to fight

looking for trouble

on a short fuse

ill-disciplined

ill-humoured^UK

socially impaired

undisciplinable

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Adjective

Susceptible to twitching a lot

a bundle of nerves

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

not self-assured

easily frightened

easily agitated

blowing hot and cold

hanging by thread

hot-and-bothered

beside yourself

throwing a wobbly

at the end of your tether

out of your mind

hot under collar

on pins and needles

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

in a state of nerves

all of a lather

all of a doodah

bricking oneself

in a cold sweat

hot and bothered

discombobulated

hot under the collar

waiting for the axe to fall

waiting with bated breath

bundle of nerves

like a fish out of water

all of a flutter

sweating bullets

like one possessed

having butterflies in the stomach

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

on the defensive

with bated breath

restlessly moving

on the qui vive

champing at the bit

at your wits' end

feeling anxious

fast and furious

like Piccadilly Circus

hell broke loose

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Adjective

Dangerous or perilous

on collision course

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

fraught with danger

Russian roulette

playing with fire

hanging by a thread

life-threatening

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Adjective

Likely to cause an outburst of anger or controversy

hammer and tongs

knock-down-and-drag-out

at the boiling point

full of upheavals

full of ups and downs

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Adjective

Causing embarrassment or unease

discountenancing

dishonouring^UK

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

disadvantageous

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling

Adjective

(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

unaccommodating

difficult to handle

hard to satisfy

set in one's ways

over-particular

stubborn as a mule

self-opinionated

ill-disciplined

undisciplinable

confrontational

obstinately disobedient

attention-seeking

not cooperative

impossible to cope with

making difficulties

not giving an inch

insurrectionary

unfavourable^UK

raising the roof

high-maintenance

over-censorious

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Adjective

Sensitive

Adjective

Of or involving dispute or controversy

Adjective

Tricky

Adjective

Decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something

hanging by thread

of significance

of great consequence

of great importance

of great import

no laughing matter

earth-shattering

meat-and-potatoes

world-shattering

vitally important

earthshattering

demanding attention

of prime importance

of greatest importance

at the heart of

life-threatening

matter of life and death

worthy of attention

carrying a lot of weight

out of the ordinary

of the utmost importance

ground-breaking

highly regarded

of high standing

most influential

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