triggerish

Adjective

1. Likely to be triggered or set off.
   • In other words all things are in a state of triggerish opportunity or danger. - 1914, Fletcher Durell, Fundamental Sources of Efficiency, page 104:
   • I didn' laugh at the moment, not bein' a triggerish chap at a joke. But it'll come in time. That's why I joined the sappers. - 1915, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Nicky-Nan, Reservist, page 208:
   • They are nervous, triggerish, energetic, and — oddly enough — physically enduring, as they must be to survive the New York, New Haven and Hartford. - 1957, Clifton Fadiman, Any Number Can Play, page 76:
2. Likely to trigger or set off something.
   • I found that when members of the group shared their experiences with crystal, the sex talk was 'triggerish' — i.e., it made him want to get high again and have sex. - 2005, Frank Sanello, Tweakers: How Crystal Meth is...