touchy-feely

Definitions

1. 1

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

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

   • My last boyfriend was a lovely guy, but I dumped him because he was too touchy-feely with me in public.
   • Kühnel’s wife, Berta, began by asking everyone to join hands. […] When I asked her later what she made of the exercise, Hellar told me: “First of all, I’m not a good-feelings, touchy-feely kind of person.”
   • This time, the actor was in uncomfortably touchy-feely form. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist.
2. 2

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

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

   • He preferred the clarity of science and left the touchy-feely stuff to others.
3. 3

   Appealing to emotion, sympathy, or romance.

   • I think the movie had too much touchy-feely nonsense and not enough action.
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   1. 4

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

      • 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?
      • When I was wrestling, females were just appearing on the scene. I loved my coach's position. "If they want to wrestle with the boys, sure, I will put our wrestlers on the mat for some touchy feely. (Paraphrased, but not by much)

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