touchy-feely

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n.
  1. 1.

    Physical contact, typically sexual, and usually inappropriate or unwanted.

    不可数

    Why is it that, when straight men are touched, it is an affront worthy of outrage and police investigation, yet a woman's being the subject of a bar-wide game of touchy-feely is par for the course?

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a fondness for physical contact with other people, especially to an excessive degree.

    非正式

    My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.

  2. 2.

    Driven by intuition or emotion, with a connotation of de-emphasis of rational thought or logic.

    贬义 习语

    He preferred the clarity of science and left the touchy-feely stuff to others.

  3. 3.

    Appealing to emotion, sympathy, or romance.

    贬义 习语

    I think the movie had too much touchy-feely nonsense and not enough action.

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