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thin-skinned
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Princeton's WordNet
huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchyadjective
quick to take offense
Wiktionary
thin-skinnedadjective
having a thin skin
You must handle thin-skinned fruits carefully to avoid bruising them.
thin-skinnedadjective
overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy
She's rather thin-skinned when it comes to comments about her work.
Webster Dictionary
Thin-skinnedadjective
having a thin skin; hence, sensitive; irritable
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thin-skinned in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thin-skinned in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of thin-skinned in a Sentence
The media is among the worst people I've ever met. And I mean a pretty good percentage is really a terrible group of people. They write lies, they write false stories. They know they're false. It makes no difference. And frankly I don't call it thin skinned -- I'm angry.
You seem extraordinarily thin-skinned to quite courteous questions, as if you don't want to be challenged in any way shape or form.
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