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callous
[kal-uhs]
adjective
made hard; hardened.
Synonyms: hardAntonyms: softinsensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic.
They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
Synonyms: obtuse, insensibleAntonyms: sensitivehaving 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
Other Word Forms
- callously adverb
- callousness noun
- uncallous adjective
- uncallously adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of callous1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Indeed, Dalia has trouble with her Italian, and when she offers to help him find truffles, he insists his granddaughter doesn’t have the instincts or the calloused hands necessary for the job.
When I ask them what they would like to say to the hackers responsible, they think it is futile to try to change the minds of these callous criminals.
Those who had marched off to war with youthful idealism and energy return home calloused, maybe wiser, but cynical.
A Belfast woman who "strung along" a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded "callous" and "not human".
“Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he said.
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Related Words
- apathetic
- careless
- cold-blooded
- heartless
- indifferent
- insensitive
- uncaring www.thesaurus.com
- unsympathetic
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