case-hardened

• Beschreibt einen Menschen, der durch wiederholte schwierige oder unangenehme Erfahrungen sehr erfahren und abgehärtet, oft emotional abgestumpft oder gefühllos geworden ist.

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.

   Abgestumpft

   • 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.

   Synonymecallouscynicalhard-boiledhardenedinsensitivethick-skinnedtoughenedunfeelingunsympathetic

   Antonymefeelingimpressionableresponsivesensitivesoftsusceptibletendervulnerable