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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

thick-skinned en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  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: […] 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
thicker-skinned Degree=Cmp lexicographic
thickest-skinned Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

thin-skinned

Deriveds

thick-skinnedness

Translations (35)

ru толстоко́жий (having a thick skin) · is með þykkt hýði (having a thick skin) · is ekki hörundsár (not easily offended) · is með þykkt skinn (having a thick skin) · pl gruboskórny (insensitive) · is harðgeðja (insensitive) · nl olifantenhuid (not easily offended) · es insensible (insensitive) · cmn 無神經 /无神经 (insensitive) · fi paksunahkainen (not easily offended) · is kaldgeðja (insensitive) · pl gruboskórny (not easily offended) · is skinnþykkur (having a thick skin) · grc παχύδερμος (having a thick skin) · is fólskulegur (insensitive) · cmn 厚臉皮 /厚脸皮 (not easily offended) · ru толстоко́жий (not easily offended) · is tilfinningalaus (insensitive) · ru толстоко́жий (insensitive) · is harðlyndur (insensitive) · mk дебелоко́жен (not easily offended) · mk нечувстви́телен (insensitive) · fi paksunahkainen (having a thick skin) · ru нечувстви́тельный (insensitive) · fr avoir le cuir épais (not easily offended) · fr avoir le cuir épais (insensitive) · fi paksunahkainen (insensitive) · bg нечувствителен (insensitive) · es tener el cuero duro (not easily offended) · is ekki viðkvæmur (not easily offended) · cy croeniog (having a thick skin) · mk дебелоко́жен (having a thick skin) · bg дебелокож (having a thick skin) · bg безчувствен (insensitive) · is harðbrjósta (insensitive)