"thick-skinned" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: thicker-skinned [comparative], thickest-skinned [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|thicker-skinned|sup=thickest-skinned}} thick-skinned (comparative thicker-skinned, superlative thickest-skinned)
  1. Having a thick skin. Translations (having a thick skin): παχύδερμος (pakhúdermos) (Ancient Greek), дебелокож (debelokož) (Bulgarian), paksunahkainen (Finnish), skinnþykkur [masculine] (Icelandic), með þykkt skinn (Icelandic), með þykkt hýði (Icelandic), дебелоко́жен (debelokóžen) [masculine] (Macedonian), толстоко́жий (tolstokóžij) (Russian), croeniog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-thick-skinned-en-adj-yNmM~MvQ Disambiguation of 'having a thick skin': 95 1 1 3
  2. Not easily offended. Translations (not easily offended): 厚臉皮 (Chinese Mandarin), 厚脸皮 (hoù liǎnpí) (Chinese Mandarin), olifantenhuid [feminine] (Dutch), paksunahkainen (Finnish), avoir le cuir épais (French), ekki hörundsár [masculine] (Icelandic), ekki viðkvæmur [masculine] (Icelandic), дебелоко́жен (debelokóžen) [masculine] (Macedonian), gruboskórny (Polish), толстоко́жий (tolstokóžij) (Russian), tener el cuero duro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thick-skinned-en-adj-FXHJZXPe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 24 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 48 19 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 47 17 29 Disambiguation of 'not easily offended': 1 93 2 3
  3. Insensitive to the feelings of others; callous. Translations (insensitive): безчувствен (bezčuvstven) (Bulgarian), нечувствителен (nečuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), 無神經 (Chinese Mandarin), 无神经 (wú shénjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), paksunahkainen (Finnish), avoir le cuir épais (French), kaldgeðja [masculine] (Icelandic), tilfinningalaus [masculine] (Icelandic), harðgeðja [masculine] (Icelandic), harðlyndur [masculine] (Icelandic), harðbrjósta [masculine] (Icelandic), fólskulegur [masculine] (Icelandic), нечувстви́телен (nečuvstvítelen) [masculine] (Macedonian), gruboskórny (Polish), нечувстви́тельный (nečuvstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), толстоко́жий (tolstokóžij) (Russian), insensible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thick-skinned-en-adj-J4VJExo7 Disambiguation of 'insensitive': 1 2 54 43
  4. (obsolete) Obtuse, thick, intellectually dull or insensitive. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-thick-skinned-en-adj-qfijgCVZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thick-skinnedness

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insensitive",
      "word": "gruboskórny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nečuvstvítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "insensitive",
      "word": "нечувстви́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tolstokóžij",
      "sense": "insensitive",
      "word": "толстоко́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insensitive",
      "word": "insensible"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thick-skinned"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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