thickskinned

Simply one of the most persistent and thickskinned toadies and one of the vulgarest women Lady R [Rothermere] has ever met and is also a sentimental crank.

Was he anti-Semitic? 2009

A sensitive boy’s humiliations may be very good fun for ordinary thickskinned grown-ups; but to the boy himself they are so acute, so ignominious, that he cannot confess them—cannot but deny them passionately.

Act I 1903

A sensitive boy's humiliations may be very good fun for ordinary thickskinned grown-ups; but to the boy himself they are so acute, so ignominious, that he cannot confess them -- cannot but deny them passionately.

Man and Superman George Bernard Shaw 1903

It is meant to be a boisterous guffaw from capacious lungs, an enormous explosion of superlative contempt for the mob of stupid thickskinned scribblers.

Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Leslie Stephen 1868

The Countess sighed deeply: 'Oh! you are too thickskinned!

Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

The Countess sighed deeply: 'Oh! you are too thickskinned!

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

The Countess sighed deeply: 'Oh! you are too thickskinned!

Evan Harrington — Volume 6 George Meredith 1868

Hardest thickskinned Mammon-world, ruggedest Caliban shall obey him, or become not Caliban but a cramp.

Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838

I'd noticed the odd stupid comment on the chat earlier in the day, I'm pretty thickskinned about personal comments, and so chose to ignore them.

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I'd noticed the odd stupid comment on the chat earlier in the day, I'm pretty thickskinned about personal comments, and so chose to ignore them.

Boagworld recommends 2010