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
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.
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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
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
How petty and pathetic and thin-skinned could this administration get?
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
There's Colbert’s unrelenting criticism of a thin-skinned president while CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, seeks to finalize an $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media, which requires regulatory approval from the federal government.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Chef Odysseas Papoulias uses mild, thin-skinned Florina peppers, but red bell pepper will work as well.
—Odysseas Papoulias, Saveur, 10 July 2025
Idris makes his rookie character bristly yet endearing, with the thin-skinned transparency of a generation raised to measure its worth in likes.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
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
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
How petty and pathetic and thin-skinned could this administration get?
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
There's Colbert’s unrelenting criticism of a thin-skinned president while CBS’s parent company, Paramount Global, seeks to finalize an $8.4 billion merger with Skydance Media, which requires regulatory approval from the federal government.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 July 2025
Chef Odysseas Papoulias uses mild, thin-skinned Florina peppers, but red bell pepper will work as well.
—Odysseas Papoulias, Saveur, 10 July 2025
Idris makes his rookie character bristly yet endearing, with the thin-skinned transparency of a generation raised to measure its worth in likes.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thin-skinned
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This includes women with estrogen sensitive breast or uterine cancer, and women who are at high risk for or have had a heart attack, stroke, blood clot, or pulmonary embolism.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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In insulin resistance, the body's cells become less sensitive to insulin, which leads to higher blood sugar levels.—
Leigh Weddle,
Verywell Health,
11 Nov. 2025
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Most cases clear up on their own without complications, but parents should contact a doctor if a child cannot keep fluids down, has a high fever lasting more than a few days or seems unusually drowsy or irritable.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Also known as irritable hip, the condition is due to inflammation of the hip joint lining.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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
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True to form, Karp delved into a couple touchy subjects on Monday’s earnings call, including the Administration’s recent focus on drug traffickers in South America.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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This could mean establishing that conversations about certain topics, like politics or religion, are off the table—touchy subjects about which people feel passionately.—
Sara Rowe Mount,
Parents,
30 Oct. 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
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Mister Terrific, who is not a humorous man but is very funny because of it, gets very huffy over Superman’s jibes and storms off.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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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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“Thin-skinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thin-skinned. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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