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callous
[ kal-uhs ]
adjective
- made hard; hardened.
Synonyms: hard
Antonyms: soft
- insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic:
They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
Synonyms: obtuse, insensible
Antonyms: sensitive
- having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become hard or callous.
callous
/ ˈkæləs /
adjective
- unfeeling; insensitive
- (of skin) hardened and thickened
verb
- pathol to make or become callous
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Derived Forms
- ˈcallously, adverb
- ˈcallousness, noun
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Other Words From
- cal·lous·ly adverb
- cal·lous·ness noun
- un·cal·lous adjective
- un·cal·lous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of callous1
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Example Sentences
Is this the picture of a callous culture that chews these young men up and spits them out?
The deal, critics charge, was at best a bad one and at worst, a callous political move.
The problem is that, when exposed to the political limelight, Carson's “gifted hands” have become careless, callous.
Perhaps the most callous Israeli response, however, came from economy minister Naftali Bennett.
With each passing disaster our skin grows a little more callous, our “thoughts and prayers” more cynical.
The callous Justice passed on to the next stye, immersed in thought.
It isn't in the average man to be utterly callous to the suffering of another, even if that other richly deserves his pain.
But where the trade is once admitted, no wonder the heart becomes callous to the individual sufferings of the slaves.
The brutal callous indifference of the whole thing was most strongly marked.
The Hindoo devotee is exceedingly tender of the lives of animals, while he is often callous to human suffering.
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