as in emotional
showing feeling freely
she is too touchy-feely and he is too stiff-upper-lip for their relationship to ever work out
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Recent Examples of touchy-feely
Valerie Bertinelli is standing up for Drew Barrymore and her naturally touchy-feely personality.
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EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Drew Barrymore admitted that she has been warned about her notorious touchy-feely interview style.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Collaboration gets pegged as: a waste of time (pulls people away from focused, individual work)
a way to get slow people up to speed at the expense of fast people
fluffy and touchy-feely
The brain science tells a different story.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
So, naturally, when one of Jacob’s students becomes patient zero of a ringworm outbreak at Abbott, the touchy-feely bubble of the early stage of Gregory’s relationship with Janine quickly bursts, becoming their first real speed bump since going public.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
At first glance, this is the kind of touchy-feely corporate propaganda that exists to convince employees the company cares about them and assure clients of its human touch.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
But don’t be fooled by the introspective, touchy-feely Trump.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz are getting touchy-feely on their vacation!
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
Strays prides itself on being the counterpoint to the touchy-feely standard of the dog movie, though the subgenre isn’t all nose kisses and lesson-learning.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Drew Barrymore admitted that she has been warned about her notorious touchy-feely interview style.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Collaboration gets pegged as: a waste of time (pulls people away from focused, individual work)
a way to get slow people up to speed at the expense of fast people
fluffy and touchy-feely
The brain science tells a different story.
—Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
So, naturally, when one of Jacob’s students becomes patient zero of a ringworm outbreak at Abbott, the touchy-feely bubble of the early stage of Gregory’s relationship with Janine quickly bursts, becoming their first real speed bump since going public.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
At first glance, this is the kind of touchy-feely corporate propaganda that exists to convince employees the company cares about them and assure clients of its human touch.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
But don’t be fooled by the introspective, touchy-feely Trump.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024
Heidi Klum and Tom Kaulitz are getting touchy-feely on their vacation!
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
Strays prides itself on being the counterpoint to the touchy-feely standard of the dog movie, though the subgenre isn’t all nose kisses and lesson-learning.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Touchy-feely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touchy-feely. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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