(touchier, touchiest)
1.
If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they are easily upset, offended, or irritated.
She is very ~ about her past...
= sensitive
ADJ: oft ADJ about n disapproval
2.
If you say that something is a ~ subject, you mean that it is a subject that needs to be dealt with carefully and in a sensitive way, because it might upset or offend people.
...the ~ question of political reform.
= delicate
ADJ: usu ADJ n