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What does thin-skinned mean?

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Adjective
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see thin,‎ skinned.
  2. (idiomatic) overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy
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Both were strong personalities, highly opinionated and extremely thin-skinned.
Clearly they have never seen their thin-skinned hero actually respond to criticism.
Yet he was famously thin-skinned and irascible, as I have good reason to remember, if any criticism became directed at himself.
It goes without saying that it's best not to be too thin-skinned when running for office.
Some of us, at certain times of our life, are very sensitive to this and very thin-skinned.
Why are these defensive-sounding scientists and thin-skinned writers getting so overexcited?

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