case-hardened

• Describe a una persona que se ha vuelto muy experimentada y dura, a menudo emocionalmente insensible o endurecida, debido a la exposición repetida a situaciones difíciles o desagradables.

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.

   Endurecido emocionalmente

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscallouscynicalhard-boiledhardenedinsensitivethick-skinnedtoughenedunfeelingunsympathetic

   Antónimosfeelingimpressionableresponsivesensitivesoftsusceptibletendervulnerable