What does thin-skinned mean?

thin-skinned means "quick to take offense".

How many syllables are in thin-skinned?

thin-skinned has 2 syllables and divides as thin--skinned under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for thin-skinned?

Close synonyms include huffy, feisty, touchy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thin-skinned a common word?

thin-skinned is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Thin-skinned — meaning and 3 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
quick to take offense
Synonymshuffy feisty touchy
Similarsensitive

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What does thin-skinned mean?: thin-skinned means "quick to take offense".
How many syllables are in thin-skinned?: thin-skinned has 2 syllables and divides as thin--skinned under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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