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
Instead Linda devolves, becoming more pugnacious and thin-skinned and pissed off.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Yukon gold and red potatoes are thin-skinned so there’s no need to peel them.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The meeting room won’t be for the thin-skinned.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The Tyndall effect, a bluish discoloration from filler that has been injected too superficially, is another possible side effect and is most commonly seen in the thin-skinned undereye area.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
Russet potatoes with thick skins typically need to cure a little longer than thin-skinned varieties, but most potatoes should be dry and fully cured within two weeks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
But judging by the look on her face, the notoriously thin-skinned Detroit City Council president sure seemed to enjoy herself as the senior pastor of Triumph Church accused her of being ineffective, disingenuous, unethical and lying.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Whether someone has religious convictions or not, that is a show of strength rarely seen in the thin-skinned, perpetually hostile political climate of the last many years.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
And as is true in all fights against cowardly, bullying, thin-skinned autocrats, our weakness was provocative.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Yukon gold and red potatoes are thin-skinned so there’s no need to peel them.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The meeting room won’t be for the thin-skinned.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The Tyndall effect, a bluish discoloration from filler that has been injected too superficially, is another possible side effect and is most commonly seen in the thin-skinned undereye area.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Oct. 2025
Russet potatoes with thick skins typically need to cure a little longer than thin-skinned varieties, but most potatoes should be dry and fully cured within two weeks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
But judging by the look on her face, the notoriously thin-skinned Detroit City Council president sure seemed to enjoy herself as the senior pastor of Triumph Church accused her of being ineffective, disingenuous, unethical and lying.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Whether someone has religious convictions or not, that is a show of strength rarely seen in the thin-skinned, perpetually hostile political climate of the last many years.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
And as is true in all fights against cowardly, bullying, thin-skinned autocrats, our weakness was provocative.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thin-skinned
Adjective
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The commission said the report overlooks other time-sensitive cases that don't require intake appointments.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Cold conditions may damage or kill sensitive crops, plants, and vegetation if appropriate precautions are not taken.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Some of the consequences of owing your body sleep are readily apparent, like feeling drowsy, irritable, or brain-foggy, or catching seemingly every virus.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Jan. 2026
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Accompanying Rayner through these daily adventures were the irritable duck Chelveston (named after his English bomber base) and the gentle dog puppet Cuddly Dudley.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Hallmarks of the best Halloween travel destinations usually entail a moody fall landscape, local legends that involve a tetchy ghost, vampire, or other variety of ominous being, and themed activities like pumpkin patches and cemetery tours.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Reynolds is a tetchy tyrant, who, enabled by his sister, Cyril (Lesley Manville), has embraced a need to have things just so as a means of warding off vulnerability.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And, finally, international financial imbalances are growing, contributing to today’s touchy trade and political environment.—
Jan Mischke,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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However, things go in a different direction almost instantly when Kody brings up a touchy topic.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Sam Altman got huffy when a friendly tech investor asked him an obvious question — how OpenAI would pay for the $1.4 trillion in spending commitments it’s made.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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The first, rather vacuous season hinges in part on whether the Russells’ neighbor—the huffy, old-money Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski)—will ever cross Sixty-first Street to visit.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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However, Apollo economist Torsten Slok said policymakers are in a ticklish spot now with inflation still above target and the soft jobs picture, putting the central bank’s dual goals of stable prices and full employment in conflict.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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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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