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thin skinned
adjective as in irascible
adjective as in quarrelsome
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in temperamental
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adjective as in tender
adjective as in testy
adjective as in thin-skinned
adjective as in touchy
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adjective as in vulnerable
adjective as in pregnable
adjective as in tetchy
adjective as in vincible
adjective as in delicate
adjective as in feisty
adjective as in fractious
adjective as in easily hurt
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Example Sentences
As he scribbled in his journal, “How to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable, and still alive?”
For these self-righteous and thin-skinned folks, there are apparently limits to the liberal virtue of tolerance.
It prompted talk Quinn was thin-skinned and gave the ads more attention.
“There are many, many thin-skinned folks,” Leibovich continued.
Wilson was exceedingly thin-skinned and prone to feuds, possibly as a byproduct of his excessive self-medicating.
We hope we have done justice to the bitterness and "immortal hate" of these thin-skinned sons of freedom.
He would have made his brother Duke such as he was himself,—had not his brother Duke been so lamentably thin-skinned.
Civilization is merely a veneer, a thin-skinned polish over the savage and crude nature.
A cynicism so ripe and shameless terrified him and yet the count was not excessively thin-skinned.
The fingers of the Thoracic are also inclined to be more thin-skinned than those of other types.
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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thin-skinned, such as: delicate, easily hurt, easily offended, hypersensitive, oversensitive, and sensitive.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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