What's the difference between temperamental and touchy?

Temperamental


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The relationship between extreme temperament in infancy and clinical status at 4.7 years of age was studied in temperamentally different groups of infants matched for sex and SES, and subselected from a large birth cohort representative of the general population.
  • (2) To investigate the role of "behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar" as an early temperamental characteristic of children at risk for adult panic disorder and agoraphobia (PDAG), we compared children of parents with PDAG with those from psychiatric comparison groups.
  • (3) Impulsive and bonhomous, Saakashvili, meanwhile, is clearly the temperamental opposite of Putin, the sober and clinical former KGB colonel.
  • (4) Children suffering from a psychiatric disorder had more temperamental difficulties and their parents showed a higher level of psychopathology than those without a disorder.
  • (5) The motion recorder results confirm with instrumentation a critical assumption of temperament theories and identify the presence of genetic contributors to temperamentally relevant behavioral differences in infancy.
  • (6) It is hypothesized that abdominal pain represents an interaction between a vulnerable temperamental style and environmental stresses.
  • (7) Yet like many Hollywood stars, he could also be temperamental.
  • (8) It was concluded that from a global temperament standpoint, our high-risk preterm 3-year-olds were not perceived as more temperamentally difficult than term controls.
  • (9) The initial dispositions to approach or to avoid unfamiliar events are 2 temperamental characteristics of children--among the many that have been described--that appear to be moderately stable over time and associated with distinct, physiological profiles that may be under partial genetic control.
  • (10) Results suggested that interaction of temperamental proneness to distress and secure attachment history leads to intolerance of a lengthy laboratory separation at this age.
  • (11) He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility.” He is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility Hillary Clinton Flanked by US flags for the widely trailed address, Clinton said a Trump presidency could lead to catastrophe.
  • (12) They showed temperamental organizational difficulties and some indication of psychosomatic reaction to stress.
  • (13) The sun shone continuously, our little tent seemed great fun and we travelled around in a lovely (if temperamental) convertible sports car.
  • (14) It also enabled her to satisfy that temperamental need to be inside and outside whatever world she was in.
  • (15) The functional linkage between platelet MAO activity and psychopathology was explored by analyzing temperamental correlates in 40 male subjects by means of scales from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Inventory, and the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP).
  • (16) He bought the temperamental Marseillaise, and United have never looked back except in the anger that now jeopardises their hopes of a unique treble.
  • (17) The role of the environment was significant in explaining the cognitive, language, and temperamental status of these children at age 3 years.
  • (18) In general, the interaction between mother and infant had a synchronous quality that was influenced by, but largely independent of, the temperamental characteristics of mother and infant.
  • (19) However, a multivariate regression analysis showed only low socioeconomic status (P less than .01) and increased perceptions of temperamental difficulty (P = .02) associated with maternal behavior problem scores.
  • (20) She behaves like a temperamental teenager with a chip on her shoulder when it comes to authority figures.

Touchy


Definition:

  • (a.) Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Davey has made it clear there will be no attempt to compete with Classic FM, which, with its touchy feeliness and “smiling down the airwaves”, has almost treble Radio 3’s audience.
  • (2) Perhaps the new Marr has yet to make his touchy-feely debut.
  • (3) Voters looking for further nuance might have been left a little underwhelmed, not least by the expectation that world-famous analytic philosophers tend not to rely on anything as touchy feely as intuition.
  • (4) She also combines a refusal to do touchy-feely with a sharp eye for a populist policy – support for bobbies on the beat, for example – that has proved a winning combination in Westminster and among the rightwing press.
  • (5) In recent weeks he has appeared uncharacteristically downbeat and touchy.
  • (6) Broadcasters and production companies are touchy when asked about their policies on inclusion.
  • (7) The "feminisation of European culture" has been underway since the 1830s, and by now, men have been reduced to an "emasculate[d] … touchy-feely subspecies".
  • (8) In terms of affective complaints, patients were more depressive, anxious, touchy and irritable; their personalities showed a higher degree of emotional lability, excitement and irritability.
  • (9) In that time, I never achieved the serene illusion of infallibility that distinguishes Jimmy: “I haven’t been wrong about a play since 1924, and on that night I happened to be afflicted with a head cold.” He is selfish, rude, touchy, spoilt, extravagant and, in the way of such characters, much loved by his friends.
  • (10) And it is hard to look at the pictures, ubiquitous this morning, without a disgracefully touchy-feely, yes, I fear, even protectively feminine response.
  • (11) It was Mr Kohl's "touchy-feely" politics that enabled him to forge a relationship with François Mitterrand that was the bedrock of the German-French axis within the European Union and which enabled the swift reunification of Germany .
  • (12) On the other hand, the company appears touchy about being pressed on such subjects.
  • (13) As it develops, digital is becoming more touchy-feely and more sensory,” Jones notes.
  • (14) Since taking over at the Vatican, Francis has urged the Catholic church not to be obsessed with "small-minded rules" and to emphasise compassion over condemnation in dealing with touchy topics like abortion, gay rights and contraception.
  • (15) It would not be surprising if the UN is touchy about its approach to population questions.
  • (16) "It's a touchy subject, but as a southerner you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary.
  • (17) Even primary school children seem well aware that who did what in the Levant before the war is a touchy subject.
  • (18) It is a touchy subject for Rohingya, many of whom lack any documentation but insist that their ancestors were born and bred in the state.
  • (19) Among the names who have fired away are CJ Wilson, Max Scherzer, Brad Ziegler, Skip Schumaker and his Dodgers teammate Matt Kemp, who said: Talking about things like this is very, very touchy.
  • (20) You see this trend of self-publication: things being democratised all over the place like photography and video, but this is something that hasn’t really been democratised yet.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest I can see how this might be a sensitive topic for some DJs who’ve worked hard to develop their skills over the years, only to see apps come along promising to let anyone have a bash, complete with that sync feature – a whole other touchy topic in itself – to make the actual mixing less of a challenge.