touchy-feely
[ tuhch-ee-fee-lee ]
/ ˈtʌtʃ iˈfi li /
adjective
Informal.
emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
Words nearby touchy-feely
touchpaper,
touchscreen,
touchstone,
touchwood,
touchy,
touchy-feely,
touché,
touggourt,
tough,
tough break,
tough it out
Example sentences from the Web for touchy-feely
And so every presidential campaign of the television age has pushed the touchy-feely button.
Michael Tomasky on How Tricky Mitt Romney Is Aping Richard Nixon |Michael Tomasky |August 28, 2012 |DAILY BEASTNursing is touchy-feely, and America is squeamish about anything touchy-feely outside of sex and art.
It avoids that treacly, touchy-feely ground on which Democrats so love to walk.
Michael Tomasky: With Joe Biden’s Speech, The Democrats Finally Man Up |Michael Tomasky |April 28, 2012 |DAILY BEASTWe are uncomfortable having the “touchy-feely” conversations with our buddies about sadness and guilt and stress.
The Killing of a Park Ranger on Mount Rainier Reminds Us to Help Returning Soldiers |Benjamin Tupper |January 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for touchy-feely
touchy-feely
/ (ˈtʌtʃɪˈfiːlɪ) /
adjective
informal, sometimes derogatory
openly displaying one's emotions and affections