as in sensitive
easily offended
she only laughed at the teasing, but a more thin-skinned person would have gotten angry
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Recent Examples of thin-skinned
Martin Winkler, Fort Lauderdale Protecting PBS, NPR Americans have never elevated a more thin-skinned, petulant person to the presidency than the current guy.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
Matt and his direct reports quickly reveal themselves to be spineless, self-important, thin-skinned, and out of touch.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Poilievre and DeSantis, both infamously thin-skinned, are the epitome of being able to dish it out but not take it.
—Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
With their thousands of submunitions or fragments, the M30 and the larger Army Tactical Missile System rocket—fired by the same launchers—are optimized for strikes on thin-skinned targets.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
At the same time, Barnes was a crank of operatic grandiosity—thin-skinned, bellicose, distrustful, fickle, and vindictive.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond the drinks and the jokes, one of the hardest lessons he’s learned is how thin-skinned artists can be—especially when the cameras are rolling.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Reed characterizes the Republican response as thin-skinned.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
This is the same thin-skinned coach who this year closed practice to the media, the same one who last year suspended a Southern California New Group reporter for alleged violations of the program’s media policy.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
Matt and his direct reports quickly reveal themselves to be spineless, self-important, thin-skinned, and out of touch.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Poilievre and DeSantis, both infamously thin-skinned, are the epitome of being able to dish it out but not take it.
—Drew Nelles, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
With their thousands of submunitions or fragments, the M30 and the larger Army Tactical Missile System rocket—fired by the same launchers—are optimized for strikes on thin-skinned targets.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
At the same time, Barnes was a crank of operatic grandiosity—thin-skinned, bellicose, distrustful, fickle, and vindictive.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond the drinks and the jokes, one of the hardest lessons he’s learned is how thin-skinned artists can be—especially when the cameras are rolling.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Reed characterizes the Republican response as thin-skinned.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
This is the same thin-skinned coach who this year closed practice to the media, the same one who last year suspended a Southern California New Group reporter for alleged violations of the program’s media policy.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thin-skinned
Adjective
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Security clearance requirements limit the most sensitive jobs to U.S. citizens.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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This question asks for personal sensitive information that is protected by privacy laws.—
Ernesto Londoño,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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It is believed to reduce pain and inflammation, and has been used for treatment of back pain, high blood pressure, arthritis, migraines, and irritable bowel disease.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
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And even in what was a stilted match played in an increasingly irritable atmosphere, Rogers and Tielemans delivered with an assist each.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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At least, that’s how a plurality of Americans perceive the tetchy state of our union.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Trading was tetchy at first, floating between flat and a 1.5 percent gain.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Given the touchy subject, the study authors are of course all Italians, by design.—
Francesca Giuliani Hoffman,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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Starlink is a touchy subject for the FCC to promote because of theconflicts of interest posed by Musk’s role in slashing the federal government’s budget through the Department of Government Efficiency.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Dec. 2023
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Its engagingly huffy maestro, Michel Troisgros, is preparing to hand over the reins to César, his eldest son and head chef.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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Rubbing underarm is selected as a target motion of robot because previous research suggests that this is the best way for making humans feel ticklish.—
Erico Guizzo,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Oct. 2016
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It’s certainly made for these (end) times: a lushly surreal, cynically ticklish goof on the ineffectiveness of political summits as apocalyptic dread mounts.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Oct. 2024
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“Thin-skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thin-skinned. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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