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- [thik skin]
- /θɪk skɪn/
- /θɪk skɪn/
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- [thik skin]
- /θɪk skɪn/
Definitions of thick-skinned word
- adjective thick-skinned having a thick skin. 1
- adjective thick-skinned insensitive or hardened to criticism, reproach, rebuff, etc. 1
- adjective thick-skinned If you say that someone is thick-skinned, you mean that they are not easily upset by criticism or unpleasantness. 0
- adjective thick-skinned insensitive to criticism or hints; not easily upset or affected 0
- adjective thick-skinned having a thick skin 0
- adjective thick-skinned not easily hurt by criticism, insult, etc. 0
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Origin of thick-skinned
First appearance:
before 1535 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1535-45
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Parts of speech for Thick-skinned
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thick-skinned popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for thick-skinned
adj thick-skinned
- aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- bored stiff — very bored
- bullhead — any of various small northern mainly marine scorpaenoid fishes of the family Cottidae that have a large head covered with bony plates and spines
adjective thick-skinned
- anaesthetised — anesthetize.
- anaesthetized — anesthetize.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
Antonyms for thick-skinned
adj thick-skinned
- hypersensitive — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
adjective thick-skinned
- emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
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