case-hardened

• يصف شخصًا صار متمرسًا وقاسيًا، وغالبًا ما يكون متبلّد العاطفة، نتيجة تعرّضه المتكرر لمواقف صعبة أو مؤلمة.

Describes a person who has become very experienced and tough, often emotionally hardened, through repeated exposure to difficult or unpleasant situations.

1. Emotionally hardenedC1formal

   Made emotionally insensitive or unfeeling through repeated exposure to difficult or unpleasant situations.

   متقسٍّ عاطفيًا

   • Years of working in the emergency room had left her case-hardened to suffering.
   • He became case-hardened after witnessing so much injustice.
   • The detective was case-hardened by decades of dealing with crime.

   المرادفاتcallouscynicalhard-boiledhardenedinsensitivethick-skinnedtoughenedunfeelingunsympathetic

   الأضدادfeelingimpressionableresponsivesensitivesoftsusceptibletendervulnerable