"thin-skinned" meaning in English

See thin-skinned in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-us-thin-skinned.ogg , En-au-thin-skinned.ogg Forms: more thin-skinned [comparative], most thin-skinned [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} thin-skinned (comparative more thin-skinned, superlative most thin-skinned)
  1. (idiomatic) Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy. Tags: idiomatic Translations (having a thin skin): тънкокож (tǎnkokož) (Bulgarian), ohutkuorinen (english: fruit) [usually] (Finnish), ohutihoinen [person] (Finnish), ohutnahkainen (english: animal) (Finnish), à la peau fine (French), dünnhäutig (German), ince kabuklu (Turkish), ince derili (Turkish) Translations (overly sensitive to criticism): чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), обидчив (obidčiv) (Bulgarian), herkkänahkainen (Finnish), herkkätunteinen (Finnish), herkkä (Finnish), susceptible (French), dünnhäutig (German), permaloso (Italian), wrażliwy (Polish), picajón [masculine] (Spanish), picajoso [masculine] (Spanish), alıngan (Turkish), darılgan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-thin-skinned-en-adj-Q9o5BWhY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'having a thin skin': 86 14 Disambiguation of 'overly sensitive to criticism': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, skinned.
    Sense id: en-thin-skinned-en-adj-LwA0tXDR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thin-skinnedness
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        "(idiomatic) Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy."
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          "sense": "overly sensitive to criticism",
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