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Another word for thin-skinned

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  1. See also:

    irritable

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Sentence Examples

  • "So thin-skinned that a fly would draw blood," as the prince of Carpi expressed it, he could not himself restrain his pen from sarcasm.

  • The thin-skinned progeny of thoroughbred or Arab stock is too delicate to live unless when hand-fed - and hand-feeding is not according to custom.

  • Limes are thin-skinned citrus fruit, similar in appearance to a small green lemon.

  • thin-skinned patrol cars.

  • The lack of a popular mandate explains why New Labor has been so thin-skinned all the way through the election campaign.

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