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Meanings of
thin-skinned
in English
Quick to take offense.
touchy
feisty
huffy
Related terms
sensitive
Synonyms
Examples for "
touchy
"
touchy
feisty
huffy
Examples for "
touchy
"
1
Unfortunately, Laura had brought up what apparently was a very
touchy
subject.
2
It's the
touchy
-
feely
bit that the agency will need to consider seriously.
3
Quinn wasn't good at
touchy
-
feely
,
especially in the middle of a trial.
4
And tackling
touchy
events doesn't have to have a long historical context.
5
Artists were so
touchy
-
feely
-
it
was
impossible to tell what they actually meant.
1
Manchester United have the hots for another
feisty
forward in any case.
2
They cannot remember ever having seen her this way, cat-nervous and
feisty
.
3
They ended with a
feisty
exchange on the economy and green taxes.
4
A
feisty
,
independent preteen, she shunned Barbie dolls, preferring animals to people.
5
Here was a
feisty
young talent taking on an out-of-touch, fusty establishment.
1
The two leaders have returned to threatening each other with
huffy
statements.
2
Georgia gets
huffy
because no one will make the decision for her.
3
He won't get
huffy
over a foolish old codger like Bill Atkins.
4
I sort of sounded father the other day, but he was pretty
huffy
.
5
Nevertheless his attitude towards the
huffy
landlord, if scornful, was good-humoured and indulgent.
Usage of
thin-skinned
in English
1
Sutherland needed to apply common sense on pay and be less
thin
-
skinned
.
2
I mean, he was a far more, far too
thin
-
skinned
for that.
3
You can't dwell, be overprotective of your words,
thin
-
skinned
about idiotic comments.
4
The way we take it reveals that we are too often
thin-skinned
.
5
My love is not so
thin-skinned
as to shrink from any test.
6
Trump is notoriously
thin
-
skinned
,
and she cannot afford to offend her host.
7
Why should the world be so
thin-skinned
,
-
so
foolishly
chary of human life?
8
He is a
thin
-
skinned
autocrat, contemptuous of truth and democratic norms.
9
They laughed, making jest of the affair; but they were both too
thin-skinned
.
10
A
thin
-
skinned
predator in a rarefied region, it could have vaporized a city.
11
Nearly all the signs will be feeling
thin
-
skinned
,
but you especially.
12
Schoolchildren are prosecuted for making fun of a president who appears increasingly
thin
-
skinned
.
13
I used to be more
thin
-
skinned
,
but I was always resolute.
14
Don't bottle it all up; if you're feeling a little
thin
-
skinned
,
say so.
15
There were moments during the campaign that revealed that he can be
thin
-
skinned
.
16
He was nettled and put out, for he was somewhat
thin-skinned
.
Other examples for "thin-skinned"
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thin-skinned
thin-skin
Verb
Past Indefinite
Adjective
Frequent collocations
so thin-skinned
too thin-skinned
deucedly thin-skinned
dreadfully thin-skinned
lamentably thin-skinned
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Thin-skinned
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Thin-skinned
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