Cantankerous
Cantankerous adjective - Having or showing a habitually bad temper.
Thin-skinned and cantankerous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thin-skinned" instead an adjective "Cantankerous".
Thin-skinned
Thin-skinned adjective - Easily offended.
Usage example: she only laughed at the teasing, but a more thin-skinned person would have gotten angry
Cantankerous and thin-skinned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cantankerous" instead an adjective phrase "Thin-skinned".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and cantankerous
- irritable and thin-skinned
- cranky and cantankerous
- cranky and thin-skinned
- testy and cantankerous
- testy and thin-skinned
- prickly and cantankerous
- prickly and thin-skinned
- touchy and cantankerous
- touchy and thin-skinned
- fractious and cantankerous
- fractious and thin-skinned
- irascible and cantankerous
- irascible and thin-skinned
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Thin-skinned and Cantankerous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cantankerous/thin-skinned
Cantankerous & Thin-skinned. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cantankerous/thin-skinned>.
Thin-skinned or Cantankerous. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cantankerous/thin-skinned.
