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thick-skinned

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*thick-skinned
Fig. not easily upset or hurt; insensitive. (The opposite of thin-skinned. Typically: be ~; become ~; grow ~.) Tom won't worry about your insults. He's completely thick-skinned. Jane's so thick-skinned she didn't realize Fred was being rude to her.

thick-skinned
if you are thick-skinned, you do not notice or get upset when people criticize you You have to be a bit harsher than that with Caroline to offend her - she's pretty thick-skinned.


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