thick-skinned

See also: thickskinned

English

thick-skinned (comparative thicker-skinned, superlative thickest-skinned)

Having a thick skin.
Not easily offended.
Insensitive to the feelings of others; callous.
(obsolete) Obtuse, thick, intellectually dull or insensitive.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1:
  They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]

having a thick skin

not easily offended

insensitive

Bulgarian: безчувствен (bg) (bezčuvstven), нечувствителен (bg) (nečuvstvitelen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無神經／无神经 (wú shénjīng)
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: paksunahkainen
French: avoir le cuir épais (fr)
Icelandic: kaldgeðja m, tilfinningalaus (is) m, harðgeðja m, harðlyndur m, harðbrjósta m, fólskulegur (is) m
Macedonian: нечувстви́телен m (nečuvstvítelen)
Polish: gruboskórny (pl)
Russian: нечувстви́тельный (ru) (nečuvstvítelʹnyj), толстоко́жий (ru) (tolstokóžij)
Spanish: insensible (es)

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