thick-skinned

See also: thickskinned

English

Adjective

thick-skinned (comparative thicker-skinned, superlative 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.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1:

     They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]

Antonyms

• thin-skinned

Derived terms

• thick-skinnedness

Translations

having a thick skin

• Bulgarian: дебелокож (bg) (debelokož)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} dikhuidig
• Finnish: paksunahkainen
• Greek:

  Ancient: παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos)

• Icelandic: skinnþykkur m, með þykkt skinn, með þykkt hýði
• Macedonian: дебелоко́жен m (debelokóžen)
• Russian: толстоко́жий (ru) (tolstokóžij)
• Welsh: croeniog

not easily offended

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厚臉皮／厚脸皮 (zh) (hoù liǎnpí)

• Dutch: olifantenhuid (nl) f
• Finnish: paksunahkainen
• French: avoir le cuir épais (fr)
• Icelandic: ekki hörundsár m, ekki viðkvæmur m
• Macedonian: дебелоко́жен m (debelokóžen)
• Polish: gruboskórny (pl)
• Russian: толстоко́жий (ru) (tolstokóžij)
• Spanish: tener el cuero duro

insensitive

• Bulgarian: безчувствен (bg) (bezčuvstven), нечувствителен (bg) (nečuvstvitelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無神經／无神经 (wú shénjīng)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: paksunahkainen
• French: avoir le cuir épais (fr)
• Icelandic: kaldgeðja m, tilfinningalaus (is) m, harðgeðja m, harðlyndur m, harðbrjósta m, fólskulegur (is) m
• Macedonian: нечувстви́телен m (nečuvstvítelen)
• Polish: gruboskórny (pl)
• Russian: нечувстви́тельный (ru) (nečuvstvítelʹnyj), толстоко́жий (ru) (tolstokóžij)
• Spanish: insensible (es)