Thick-skinned
101obdurate — Synonyms and related words: adamant, asleep, benumbed, bony, brazen, callous, calloused, case hardened, cement, cemental, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, concrete, conscienceless, corneous, dead, deadened, dense, diamondlike,… …
102unfelt — Synonyms and related words: asleep, benumbed, callous, dead, deadened, dull, impassible, imperceptive, impercipient, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse, thick skinned, thick witted, unfeeling,… …
103unperceptive — Synonyms and related words: asleep, benumbed, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, callous, dead, deadened, dim sighted, dull, impassible, imperceptive, impercipient, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, mind blind, myopic, nearsighted,… …
104pachyderm — (n.) 1838, from Fr. pachyderme (c.1600), adopted as a biological term 1797 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769 1832), from Gk. pachydermos thick skinned, from pachys thick (from PIE *bhengh , Cf.… …
105pachyderm — pach•y•derm [[t]ˈpæk ɪˌdɜrm[/t]] n. mam any large, thick skinned, hoofed mammal, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros • Etymology: 1830–40; < NL Pachyderma, assumed sing. of Pachydermata (pl.) obs. order name < Gk pachý(s) thick… …
106hard — [adj1] rocklike adamantine, callous, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, consolidated, dense, firm, hardened, impenetrable, indurate, indurated, inflexible, iron*, packed, rigid, rocky, set, solid, stiff, stony, strong, thick, tough,… …
107pachyderm — n. thick skinned animal, especially elephant. ♦ pachydermal, ♦ pachydermatous, ♦ pachydermous, a. ♦ pachydermia, n. elephantiasis. ♦ pachyglossal, a. thick tongued. ♦ pachymenia, n. thickening of skin or membrane. ♦… …
108pachyderm — n. any thick skinned mammal, esp. an elephant or rhinoceros. Derivatives: pachydermatous adj. Etymology: F pachyderme f. Gk pakhudermos f. pakhus thick + derma matos skin …
109Callid — Cal lid, a. [L. callidus, fr. callere to be thick skinned, to be hardened, to be practiced, fr. callum, callus, callous skin, callosity, callousness.] Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
110Pachydermatous — Pach y*der ma*tous, a. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms. [1913 Webster] 2. Thick skinned; not sensitive to ridicule. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pachyderma. [PJC] …
