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thickest-skinned

thickest-skinned is the superlative 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 thickest-skinned

What is thickest-skinned the superlative form of?
Thickest-skinned is the superlative form of thick-skinned.

Words near thickest-skinned in the dictionary

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

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