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Phrase(s): *thin-skinned
Fig. easily upset or hurt; sensitive. (The opposite of thick-skinned. *Typically: be ~; become ~; grow ~.) • You’ll have to handle Mary’s mother carefully. She’s very thin-skinned. • Jane weeps easily when people tease her. She’s too thin-skinned.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs