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Definition of "skinned" []

  • Having skin of a specified kind. Often used in combination: fair-skinned; dark-skinned. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "skinned" in a sentence
  • "If you're going to dish it out, you can't be too thin skinned to take it as well."
  • "If you are so thin skinned, how do you think you're "leadership" would transfer to the White House?"
  • "But the criticism, will do a lot more than make his lower lip tremble, it will melt the facade of confidence, and reveal the thin skinned egotist beneath."