stone skin
Hardened outer layer
Stone skin describes skin that appears or feels unusually hard, rough, or impervious—whether from calluses, weathering, or metaphorically from emotional toughness.
In fantasy games and fiction, stone skin is a magical effect that hardens flesh to resist physical damage: The wizard cast stone skin before entering battle.
Someone with stone skin in figurative use is impervious to criticism or insult.
- petrifyFossilize or paralyze utterly
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- dragon scalesMythical serpent's plating
- armorProtective combat covering
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
rock hard · callous · rough · impervious · hide · bark · shell · crust · granite · marble · thick · tough as nails · leathery · rhinoceros · statue · curse · spell · golem
stone skindefenseless
Without means to resist
exposed skin · unprotected · unarmored · penetrable · fragile
stone skinthin skin
thin-skinned · tender heart · emotional vulnerability · raw nerves · open heart
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