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thicker-skinned

thicker-skinned is the comparative form of thick-skinned.

Meaning of thick-skinned

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.
    • 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

Questions about thicker-skinned

What is thicker-skinned the comparative form of?
Thicker-skinned is the comparative form of thick-skinned.

Words near thicker-skinned in the dictionary

  1. thickens
  2. thickens up
  3. thicker
  4. thicker around the middle
  5. thicker than a Snickers
  6. thicker-skinned
  7. thickest
  8. thickest around the middle
  9. thickest-skinned
  10. thicket
  11. thicket tinamou

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