Definition of "thin-skinned" [thin•-skinned]

• Having a thin rind or skin. (adjective)
• Oversensitive, especially to criticism or insult. (adjective)

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• "Continue to imagine this going on while a very hostile crowd, which has a major case of the "I hate your guts cause you jilted my team" hangover, is screaming God-knows-what at the apparently thin-skinned LeBrick."
• "If spud advocates are feeling a bit thin-skinned, it may be because the potato has suffered snubs in recent years."
• "One is U.S. sensitivity to the Mexican elite, which can be thin-skinned about what it regards as infringements from the north on its national sovereignty."