thick-skinned

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thick-skinned

adjective thicker-skinned · thickest-skinned

  1. Having a thick skin.
  2. Not easily offended.
  3. Insensitive to the feelings of others; callous.
  4. obsolete Obtuse, thick, intellectually dull or insensitive. They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]

Opposite: thin-skinned

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adjective

Opposite: thin-skinned

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adj insensitive

Españolinsensible
中文無神經 /无神经 wú shénjīng
Françaisavoir le cuir épais
Русскийнечувстви́тельный nečuvstvítelʹnyj, толстоко́жий tolstokóžij

adj having a thick skin

Русскийтолстоко́жий tolstokóžij

adj not easily offended

Españoltener el cuero duro
中文厚臉皮 /厚脸皮 hoù liǎnpí
Françaisavoir le cuir épais
Русскийтолстоко́жий tolstokóžij

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@misc{thick_skinned_2026,
  title = {thick-skinned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thick-skinned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}