Thick-skinned
31thick — 1 /TIk/ adjective 1 THINGS a) measuring a particular amount, especially more than usual, between two surfaces or sides: a thick oak door | Wrap your baby in a thick towel or blanket. | 3 feet/1cm/two inches etc thick: In some places, the walls… …
32thick — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great or specified extent between opposite surfaces (a thick wall; a wall two metres thick). b of large diameter (a thick rope). 2 a (of a line etc.) broad; not fine. b (of script or type, etc.) consisting of thick… …
33thick — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, abundant, accented, adhesive, alive, alive with, alveolar, ample, amylaceous, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, asinine, assimilated, back, barytone, beamy,… …
34-skinned — UK [skɪnd] / US suffix used with some adjectives to make adjectives describing skin a tall dark skinned man smooth skinned fruit • See: thick skinned, thin skinned …
35thick witted — Synonyms and related words: asleep, beef witted, benumbed, blear witted, blockish, blunt, blunt witted, callous, dead, deadened, dense, dim, dim witted, doltish, dopey, dull, dull of mind, dull headed, dull pated, dull witted, dumb, fat witted,… …
36(a) thick skin — thick skinned if you are thick skinned, you do not notice or get upset when people criticize you. As a politician, you get so much criticism levelled at you that you eventually develop a thick skin …
37skinned — skin ► NOUN 1) the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal. 2) the skin of a dead animal used as material for clothing or other items. 3) the peel or outer layer of a fruit or vegetable. 4) an… …
38thin-skinned — mod. sensitive to criticism. (Compare this with thick skinned.) □ Don’t be so thin skinned. You can’t expect everyone to like you. □ He’s a thin skinned guy. □ I’m too thin skinned to be a bill collector …
39thin-skinned — adjective a) having a thin skin You must handle thin skinned fruits carefully to avoid bruising them. b) overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy Shes rather thin skinned when it comes to comments about her work …
40thin-skinned — ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you say that someone is thin skinned, you mean that they are easily upset by criticism or unpleasantness. Some fear he is too thin skinned to survive the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign. Syn …
