easily offended
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Balkan goes further, arguing that people today are more easily offended than they were two decades ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“I'm sorry, people are too easily offended now! If you don’t like a joke, don’t laugh!” she bellows.
From Salon ● May 24, 2024
Melnyk, in response, said Scholz was “playing an offended liverwurst” — a common insult in Germany for someone who is easily offended.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2022
So I understand certain parts of the gay community being upset, but I’m Black, I’m a female, and I’m a comedian, and I’m not easily offended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
J. is easily offended, bursts into tears at the slightest thing and, to top it all off, is a terrible show-off.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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