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thick-skinned

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thick-skinned (thksknd)
adj.
1. Having a thick skin or rind.
2. Not easily offended.
3. Largely unaffected by the needs and feelings of other people; insensitive.

thick-skinned
Adjective
insensitive to criticism or hints; not easily upset
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Adj.1.thick-skinned - insensitive to criticism
insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"

thick-skinned
adjective insensitive, tough, callous, hardened, hard-boiled (informal) impervious, stolid, unfeeling, case-hardened, unsusceptible << OPPOSITE sensitive
Translations

thick-skinned [θɪkˈskɪnd] adj (fig) → peu sensible
thick-skinned [θɪkˈskɪnd] thick adj (also fig) → dickhäutig


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Our thick-skinned fellow-creatures have the rest of us at their mercy: only give them time, and they carry their point in the end.
It'll take at least six generations before you're sufficiently thick-skinned to go into law courts and business offices.
 
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