unsnubbableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > shameless or thick-skinned
shamelessc897
hard-skinnedc1450
past shame1509
unblushing1595
steel-browed1600
thick-skinned1602
dead to shame1780
case-hardened1836
unsnubbable1847
hard-shelled1848
pachydermatous1849
hard-boiled1884
armour-plated1887
tough-minded1927
chalcenterous1946
chalcenteric1964
1847 W. How in Mem. (1898) 31 It is a most unsnubbable cat.
1898 E. von Arnim Elizabeth & her German Garden 93 You can't snub that sort of people; they're unsnubbable.
Derivatives
unsnubbableness n. ⓘ
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1901 Goose-quill (Chicago) Nov. There is the oleaginously pulchritudinous ‘Ikey’ Freiberger... Age cannot wither nor custom stale his infinite unsnubbableness.
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adj.1847