thin skin
noun
: a tendency to get easily upset or offended by the things other people say or do
He has such a thin skin that he can't even take a little good-natured teasing.
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Wrinkles preserved over its ribcage also indicate thin skin.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Cooking With Pawpaws Pawpaws are covered by a thin skin.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
His bones visibly protruded from his thin skin, according to court documents.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025
Advertisement All because Trump has thin skin and his cogs of government bureaucracy are happy to give him cover.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
And that must really get under that thin skin.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
How long would a process like that take? Doss: Polishing it to some shiny bronze tone, and removing the patina, would further reduce its thin skin and threaten its structural integrity.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Colbert was canceled because the president has thin skin and despises anyone who tells jokes about him, but Colbert was also preaching to the converted.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
Trump’s rallies, inflammatory language, thin skin toward criticism, obsession with crowd size and media coverage — Çifci suggests these to be symptoms of a personality driven by defensive grandiosity.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Cooking With Pawpaws Pawpaws are covered by a thin skin.
—Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
His bones visibly protruded from his thin skin, according to court documents.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 23 Sep. 2025
Advertisement All because Trump has thin skin and his cogs of government bureaucracy are happy to give him cover.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
And that must really get under that thin skin.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
How long would a process like that take? Doss: Polishing it to some shiny bronze tone, and removing the patina, would further reduce its thin skin and threaten its structural integrity.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Colbert was canceled because the president has thin skin and despises anyone who tells jokes about him, but Colbert was also preaching to the converted.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
Trump’s rallies, inflammatory language, thin skin toward criticism, obsession with crowd size and media coverage — Çifci suggests these to be symptoms of a personality driven by defensive grandiosity.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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“Thin skin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thin%20skin. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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