different between touchy vs inconvenient

English

Etymology

From a later variant of tachy, techy, teachie, tetchy, simulating touch +? -y. More at tetchy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?t?i/

• Rhymes: -?t?i

Adjective

touchy (comparative touchier, superlative touchiest)

1. (of a situation) Extremely sensitive or volatile; easily disturbed to the point of becoming unstable; requiring caution or tactfulness.

   It is an extremely touchy situation, with everybody's patience wearing thin.

2. (of a person) Easily offended; oversensitive; ticklish.

   He can be very touchy when you talk about his cat, so be as tactful as possible.

Related terms

• touchy-feely

Translations

See also

• tetchy
• touch and go

Anagrams

• couthy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

Adjective

inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)

1. not convenient

   Antonym: convenient

Translations

Noun

inconvenient (plural inconvenients)

1. (obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity.
2. (obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

Related terms

• inconvenience (noun)
• inconveniently (adverb)

Anagrams

• nonincentive

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inconveni?ns, inconvenientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /i?.kom.v?.ni?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i?.kum.b?.ni?en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?.kom.ve.ni?ent/

Adjective

inconvenient (masculine and feminine plural inconvenients)

1. inconvenient

   Antonym: convenient

Derived terms

• inconvenientment

Noun

inconvenient m (plural inconvenients)

1. downside, disadvantage

Related terms

• inconveniència

Further reading

• “inconvenient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inconvenient” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inconvenient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inconvenient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inconveniens, inconvenientem.

Noun

inconvenient m (plural inconveniens)

1. disadvantage; downside; negative aspect

See also

• desadvantage

Descendants

• English: inconvenient
• French: inconvénient

Romanian

Etymology

From French inconvénient, from Latin inconveniens.

Noun

inconvenient n (plural inconveniente)

1. inconvenience

Declension