Touchiness \Touch"i*ness\ (t[u^]ch"[i^]*n[e^]s), n. The quality or state of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility.
An intimate history of Communist sins, they contained vivid portraits of Todor Zhivkov as a simple man with a streak of touchiness.
IBM's stance underscores a problem facing opponents of the civil-rights bill: Put off by the touchiness and complexity of the legal issues involved, many businesses are sitting this fight out.