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thick-skinned
adjective as in hardened
adjective as in insensitive
adjective as in obdurate
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- adamant
- bullhead
- callous
- cold fish
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- hanging tough
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- heartless
- immovable
- implacable
- indurate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron
- mean
- mulish
- obstinate
- perverse
- relentless
- rigid
- set in stone
- stiff-necked
- tough
- unbending
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
adjective as in thick-skinned
adjective as in unaffected
adjective as in unemotional
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- along for the ride
- apathetic
- blah
- callous
- chill
- cold
- coldhearted
- cool
- flat
- frigid
- glacial
- going with the flow
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- indifferent
- insensitive
- listless
- marble
- obdurate
- passionless
- phlegmatic
- quiet
- reserved
- rolling with the punches
- uncompassionate
- undemonstrative
- unexcitable
- unfeeling
- unimpressionable
- unresponsive
- unsympathetic
adjective as in unfeeling
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- anesthetized
- apathetic
- asleep
- benumbed
- brutal
- callous
- cantankerous
- churlish
- cold
- cold fish
- cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- crotchety
- cruel
- deadened
- exacting
- feelingless
- hard
- hardened
- heartless
- icy
- inanimate
- inhuman
- insensate
- insensible
- insensitive
- iron-hearted
- merciless
- obdurate
- pitiless
- ruthless
- sensationless
- senseless
- severe
- stony
- surly
- tough
- unamiable
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- uncordial
- unemotional
- unkind
- unsympathetic
adjective as in uninterested
adjective as in callous
adjective as in insusceptible
adjective as in emotionless
Strongest matches
adjective as in aloof
adjective as in hard
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- acrimonious
- angry
- antagonistic
- austere
- bitter
- brutal
- callous
- cold
- cold fish
- cold-blooded
- dark
- disagreeable
- distressing
- dour
- exacting
- grievous
- hard as nails
- hard-boiled
- hostile
- inclement
- intemperate
- intolerable
- obdurate
- perverse
- pitiless
- rancorous
- resentful
- rigorous
- rugged
- severe
- stern
- strict
- stringent
- stubborn
- unfeeling
- unjust
- unkind
- unpleasant
- unrelenting
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
- vengeful
adjective as in heartless
adjective as in imperturbable
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Example Sentences
But despite the drama, and the numerous pages devoted to him in Paris Match, he is, it turns out, incredibly thick-skinned.
“I've gotten a modicum of heat [from conservatives], but I'm pretty thick-skinned,” he told The Daily Beast.
“Mouvedre is a thick-skinned late-harvested variety with sharp tannins that often seem rustic,” he says.
When you were doing the interview, David, were you aware of just how thick skinned, how armored, he was like an armadillo?
All these Brodricks had firm, thick-skinned faces in which lines came slowly, and were few but strong.
The young people chafed, and, finding Billy Knapp either imperturbable or thick-skinned, they turned their attention to Alfred.
The thick-skinned, thoughtful and reserved aboriginals of central Mexico are most enigmatical in their character.
Nimrod's thick-skinned sensibilities would have cared little for either.
And although the mate was sufficiently thick-skinned, even he felt it.
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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thick-skinned, such as: benumbed, callous, cold-hearted, hard as nails, hardhearted, and insensitive.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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