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thin-skinned

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • She's rather thin-skinned when it comes to comments about her work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, skinned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • You must handle thin-skinned fruits carefully to avoid bruising them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

quick to take offense

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: huffy, feisty, touchy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тънкокож (tǎnkokož) — having a thin skin
  • Finnish: ohutkuorinen — having a thin skin
  • Finnish: ohutihoinen — having a thin skin
  • Finnish: ohutnahkainen — having a thin skin
  • French: à la peau fine — having a thin skin
  • German: dünnhäutig — having a thin skin
  • Irish: lagchraicneach — having a thin skin
  • Turkish: ince kabuklu — having a thin skin
  • Turkish: ince derili — having a thin skin
  • Welsh: croendenau — having a thin skin
  • Bulgarian: чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Bulgarian: обидчив (obidčiv) — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Finnish: herkkänahkainen — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Finnish: herkkätunteinen — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Finnish: herkkä — overly sensitive to criticism
  • French: susceptible — overly sensitive to criticism
  • German: dünnhäutig — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Irish: goilliúnach — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Italian: permaloso — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Polish: wrażliwy — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Spanish: picajón — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Spanish: picajoso — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Turkish: alıngan — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Turkish: darılgan — overly sensitive to criticism
  • Welsh: croendenau — overly sensitive to criticism