case-hardened

• Décrit une personne devenue très expérimentée et dure, souvent endurcie émotionnellement, par exposition répétée à des situations difficiles ou désagréables ; peut aussi qualifier un matériau dont la surface a été durcie.

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.

   Endurci émotionnellement

   • 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.

   Synonymescallouscynicalhard-boiledhardenedinsensitivethick-skinnedtoughenedunfeelingunsympathetic

   Antonymesfeelingimpressionableresponsivesensitivesoftsusceptibletendervulnerable