touchy-feely

1. 1.

   (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact)

   Similarloving

   disparagement

Questions about touchy-feely

What does touchy-feely mean?

touchy-feely means "(often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact)".

How many syllables are in touchy-feely?

touchy-feely has 4 syllables and divides as tou-chy--fee-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is touchy-feely a common word?

touchy-feely is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.