thick-skinnedadjective
uk/ˌθɪkˈskɪnd/us/ˌθɪkˈskɪnd/Someone who is thick-skinned does not appear to be easily hurt by criticism:
You do need to be thick-skinned to survive as a politician here.
Opposite
thin-skinned
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Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- insensible
- malign
- pitiless
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- waspish
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