Prickly
Prickly adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: she dreaded having to deal with her prickly boss
Thin-skinned and prickly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thin-skinned" instead an adjective "Prickly".
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
Prickly and thin-skinned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prickly" instead an adjective phrase "Thin-skinned".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sensitive and prickly
- sensitive and thin-skinned
- tender and prickly
- tender and thin-skinned
- delicate and prickly
- delicate and thin-skinned
- irritable and prickly
- irritable and thin-skinned
- testy and prickly
- testy and thin-skinned
- bristly and prickly
- bristly and thin-skinned
- touchy and prickly
- touchy and thin-skinned
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Thin-skinned and Prickly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prickly/thin-skinned
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