1. thin-skinned
adjective. quick to take offense.
Synonyms
- huffy
- sensitive
- feisty
Antonyms
- easy
- unangry
- unresponsive
- insensible
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Words that Rhyme with Thin Skinned
- broken-wind
- downwind
- chagrined
- rescind
- schwind
- grinned
- grinde
- wind
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- sinned
- sind
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- lynde
- lynd
- lindh
- linde
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- hynd
- hinde
- ginned
Example sentences of the word thin-skinned
1. Noun Phrase
A thin skinned pepper, it tends to turn soft very quickly after ripening.
Quotes containing the word thin-skinned
1. Poets and their Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry*heir Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry?
*- Beryl Dov
2. dark-skinned
adjective. having skin rich in melanin pigments.
Synonyms
- black
- colored
- non-white
- dark
Antonyms
- uncolored
- colorlessness
- natural
- impartial
3. thin
adjective. ['ˈθɪn'] of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.
Synonyms
- vapourous
- fine
- depressed
- vaporous
- filamentous
- narrow
- slender
- threadlike
- capillary
- flat
- see-through
- light
- filiform
- thready
- papery
- tenuous
- bladed
- transparent
- filmy
- gossamer
- sleazy
- gauze-like
- wafer-thin
- thickness
- sheer
- cobwebby
- diaphanous
- paper thin
- filamentlike
- hairlike
- hyperfine
- compressed
- gauzy
- lean
- ribbony
Antonyms
- wide
- thinness
- enforce
- occupied
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. thin
adjective. ['ˈθɪn'] lacking excess flesh.
Synonyms
- lanky
- shrunken
- slim-waisted
- spindle-shanked
- skeletal
- gangly
- spare
- gangling
- reedy
- weedy
- stringy
- bony
- shrivelled
- slender
- slight
- svelte
- pinched
- reedlike
- skinny
- wisplike
- wispy
- underweight
- wizened
- haggard
- anorectic
- wizen
- slim
- twiglike
- emaciated
- hollow-eyed
- boney
- sunken-eyed
- spindly
- scraggy
- body weight
- trim
- rawboned
- wiry
- deep-eyed
- wasp-waisted
- ectomorphic
- anorexic
- cadaverous
- withered
- gaunt
- scrawny
- slender-waisted
- spindle-legged
- scarecrowish
- lank
- twiggy
- shriveled
- lean
Antonyms
- fat
- mesomorphic
- hypertrophied
- short
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. thin
adjective. ['ˈθɪn'] very narrow.
Synonyms
- slender
Antonyms
- boneless
- wet
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. thin
verb. ['ˈθɪn'] lose thickness; become thin or thinner.
Synonyms
- turn
Antonyms
- noncausative
- even
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. thin
adjective. ['ˈθɪn'] not dense.
Synonyms
- sparse
Antonyms
- valuable
- found
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. thin
adjective. ['ˈθɪn'] relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous.
Synonyms
- eubstance
- rarified
- rare
- body
- thickness
- rarefied
- consistency
- tenuous
Antonyms
- thinness
- quiet
- tender
- substantial
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. thin
verb. ['ˈθɪn'] take off weight.
Synonyms
- slenderize
- melt off
- sweat off
- change state
- slim
- slim down
- reduce
- turn
Antonyms
- big
- large
- much
- more
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. thin
verb. ['ˈθɪn'] lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.
Synonyms
- water down
- cut
- thin out
- reduce
- weaken
Antonyms
- naive
- rich
- low
- unconstricted
Etymology
- thin (Middle English (1100-1500))
- þynne (Old English (ca. 450-1100))