thin-skinned
adj1
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