thin-skinned

English

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Adjective

thin-skinned (comparative more thin-skinned, superlative most thin-skinned)

1. (idiomatic) Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.

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

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

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

Antonyms

• thick-skinned

Derived terms

• thin-skinnedness

Translations

having a thin skin

Bulgarian: тънкокож (tǎnkokož) Finnish: ohutkuorinen (fruit, etc.); ohutihoinen (person); ohutnahkainen (animal) French: à la peau fine German: dünnhäutig (de) Irish: lagchraicneach Turkish: ince kabuklu, ince derili Welsh: croendenau (cy)

overly sensitive to criticism

Bulgarian: чувствителен (bg) (čuvstvitelen), обидчив (bg) (obidčiv) Finnish: herkkänahkainen, herkkätunteinen, herkkä (fi) French: susceptible (fr) German: dünnhäutig (de) Irish: goilliúnach Italian: permaloso (it) Polish: wrażliwy (pl) Spanish: picajón m, picajoso m Turkish: alıngan (tr), darılgan (tr) Welsh: croendenau (cy)