touchiness

noun

Definition of touchinessnext
as in sensitivity

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  1. sensitivity
  2. rudeness
  3. hostility
  4. animosity
  5. unfriendliness
  6. antagonism
  7. antipathy
Noun
  • The setup process guides the listener through a calibration process that fine-tunes the audio output based on the sensitivity of each ear.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • This part of the label is extremely important for identifying food allergens and sensitivities.
    Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of sensitivity
Noun
  • For more info: Colonial Williamsburg Take a virtual tour COMMENTARY: Taking a kinder, gentler tone against the rudeness of politics Civility has been absent from much of this presidential campaign.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • But the rudeness in question didn't occur at that event.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of rudeness
Noun
  • Did the hostility between Administration and newspaper come back to haunt Nixon?
    John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • All Greeks were guaranteed safe passage traveling to or from the contests (though the popular idea that all inter-state hostilities ceased may be a myth).
    Miriam Kamil, JSTOR Daily, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of hostility
Noun
  • Many sided with the owner, arguing that his girlfriend's animosity toward the dog is a bad sign.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Brady reportedly isn’t friendly with Valente, but according to the Daily Mail, there’s no great animosity between them either.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of animosity
Noun
  • Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.
    Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • Each of the 1,200 mainstream vehicles the ACEEE evaluates is given an overall Green Score that can be used to compare the relative environmental friendliness – or unfriendliness as the case may be – from one model to another.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Definition of unfriendliness
Noun
  • Fear, the emotion that predominates in Le Corbeau, seems familiar — lingering from the tyrannical Covid lockdowns, Stasi-like doxxing, denunciations, and the social antagonism endured through political partisanship.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In 2018, Stephen Bannon, a former campaign strategist for Mr. Trump, framed this antagonism in stark terms.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of antagonism
Noun
  • Less frequently observed, at least in my anecdotal observations, are would-be Kamala Harris voters requiring that extra push—largely because their antipathy to Trump is already such a decisive motivational driver.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, Democratic antipathy has turned many lifelong Democrats who work in crypto into Trump supporters, since the Biden administration has put their livelihoods at risk and treated these entrepreneurs as criminals.
    Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of antipathy
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