thicker-skinned
More emotionally resilient
Thicker-skinned describes someone less sensitive to criticism, insults, or emotional slights than before or than others.
The metaphor treats emotional vulnerability as thin skin easily pierced: After years in politics, she's become thicker-skinned about negative press.
The comparative form implies a spectrum—you can always develop a thicker skin.
Able to recover quickly
- toughDurable and strong
- unfazedNot disturbed or disconcerted
- unbotheredNot disturbed or concerned
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
impervious · desensitized · calloused · steeled · fortified · unflappable · stoic · composed
Resistant to gunfire
- defensibleAble to be justified
- unapologeticShowing no remorse
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
confident · self-assured · unflinching · undeterred · steadfast · resolute · unshaken · unbowed
Conceal or pelt
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- epidermisOutermost tissue layer
- callusHardened protective skin
- leatheryResembling animal hide
protective · armored · scaled · rhinoceros · elephant · pachyderm · reptilian · crocodilian
resilient
Able to recover quickly
- toughDurable and strong
- unfazedNot disturbed or disconcerted
- unbotheredNot disturbed or concerned
hardened · impervious · desensitized · calloused · steeled · fortified · unflappable · stoic · composed · indifferent
bulletproof
Resistant to gunfire
- defensibleAble to be justified
- unapologeticShowing no remorse
- resistantWithstanding external forces
dismissive · confident · self-assured · unflinching · undeterred · steadfast · resolute · unshaken · unbowed · defiant
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Conceal or pelt
leathery · protective · armored · scaled · rhinoceros · elephant · pachyderm · reptilian · crocodilian · weathered
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Easily hurt by remarks
sensitive · hypersensitive · oversensitive · fragile · touchy
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Easily hurt by remarks
touchy · easily offended · prickly · tetchy · huffy
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