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easily offended

ADJECTIVE

irritable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoyed contentious exasperated fractious petulant prickly resentful surly testy

WEAK

bearish brooding cantankerous carping choleric complaining crabbed cross crotchety disputatious dissatisfied dyspeptic fiery fretful fretting gloomy grouchy grumbling hasty hot huffy hypercritical ill-humored irascible moody morose out of humor oversensitive peevish plaintive querulous quick-tempered sensitive snappy snarling tense touchy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

happy pleasant

WEAK

cheerful nice

ADJECTIVE

thin-skinned

Synonyms

WEAK

delicate easily hurt hypersensitive oversensitive sensitive soft touchy ultrasensitive vulnerable

Example Sentences

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"The album is not for any pearl clutchers," she told CBS News, with reference to prim, prudish or easily offended people.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

“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

None of Suga Free’s music is meant for the impressionable or easily offended.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023

All of which is to say, this insightful memoir might not resonate with the easily offended.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2022

In his father’s presence, he was easily offended.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini