as in sensitive
easily offended
she only laughed at the teasing, but a more thin-skinned person would have gotten angry
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Recent Examples of thin-skinned
This is the same thin-skinned coach who this year closed practice to the media, the same one who last year suspended a Southern California New Group reporter for alleged violations of the program’s media policy.
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Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
This is especially true for your soft, thin-skinned produce like berries or spinach.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
In the view of one of his old friends, Vance, in becoming a national figure, has also become more thin-skinned, not unlike many of the tech titans who support him.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Shore explains that thin-skinned squash like delicata or butternut have the most edible skins.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
Russet potatoes with thick skins typically need to cure a little longer than thin-skinned varieties, but most potatoes should be dry and fully cured within two weeks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2024
The murder is our slimy protagonist’s thin-skinned response to Alberto mocking a moment of apparent vulnerability on the Penguin’s part.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Skin: Look for thin-skinned limes with smooth rinds free of brown spots, which are a sign the limes are older and could be on their way out.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
Opinions on the 2024 elections Opinion For thin-skinned Trump, every week is Shark Week
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Why this won’t be 2020’s Trump-Biden debate
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A closer look at Harris shows how effective she’s become
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Forget conventional wisdom.
—Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
This is especially true for your soft, thin-skinned produce like berries or spinach.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
In the view of one of his old friends, Vance, in becoming a national figure, has also become more thin-skinned, not unlike many of the tech titans who support him.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Shore explains that thin-skinned squash like delicata or butternut have the most edible skins.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
Russet potatoes with thick skins typically need to cure a little longer than thin-skinned varieties, but most potatoes should be dry and fully cured within two weeks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2024
The murder is our slimy protagonist’s thin-skinned response to Alberto mocking a moment of apparent vulnerability on the Penguin’s part.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Skin: Look for thin-skinned limes with smooth rinds free of brown spots, which are a sign the limes are older and could be on their way out.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024
Opinions on the 2024 elections Opinion For thin-skinned Trump, every week is Shark Week
Opinion
Why this won’t be 2020’s Trump-Biden debate
Opinion
A closer look at Harris shows how effective she’s become
Opinion
Forget conventional wisdom.
—Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thin-skinned
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Other sensitive spots that passengers—especially folks over age 50—might not think about are the knees and ankles, reports Manhattan dermatologist Dr. Janet Prystowsky.Sara Button, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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Over the following nine days, attackers allegedly exfiltrated terabytes of sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, financial information, and electronic health records.Lars Daniel, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Every child is different, but these nine common signs could mean your child is craving more of your time and focus: Yelling Children who need more attention often become loud and irritable.Wendy Wisner, Parents, 9 Dec. 2024
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This includes going from feeling very happy, irritable, with a marked increase in activity level (mania), to feeling sad, indifferent, or hopeless with very low activity levels (depression).New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
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Boos rang around an increasingly tetchy Goodison at the end of Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Brentford, a game in which Everton had a player advantage for 56 minutes including additional time but could not muster enough quality to win.Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Sunak dropped his attempts at contrition and became tetchy and confrontational instead.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
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The amphitheater is a touchy issue for another reason.Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024
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That was a touchy time in his relationship with Rogers, who fell into a depression after he wasn’t hired.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
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Its engagingly huffy maestro, Michel Troisgros, is preparing to hand over the reins to César, his eldest son and head chef.Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2023
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It’s certainly made for these (end) times: a lushly surreal, cynically ticklish goof on the ineffectiveness of political summits as apocalyptic dread mounts.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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While plenty of jokers and pranksters offered responses, most users responded by unexpectedly trauma-dumping on the ticklish Muppet.David Matthews, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2024
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