callous
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callous
- /ˈkæləs/ UK, US
Sounds like callus · Rhymes with -æləs
Where it comes from
From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.
adjective more callous · most callous
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Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
Similar: heartless, insensitive, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed, cruel, dour, thick-skinned, flint-hearted
- Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
noun callouses
- Alternative form of callus Hanson was beginning to feel annoyance at the suddenly cocksure and unsympathetic girl, but he stood fully erect and flexed his muscles. There wasn't even a trace of bedsoreness, though he had been flat on his back long enough to grow callouses.
verb callouses · callousing · calloused
- Alternative form of callus
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: insensitive, thick-skinned, indurate, cold-hearted, inhumane, ruthless, unkind, pitiless, merciless, inhuman, cruel, cruelty, unmerciful, unforgiving, numb, oblivious
Translations
Every language
adj emotionally hardened
| Español | insensible, cruel, desconsiderado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 無情的 /无情的 wúqíng de, 鐵石心腸的 /铁石心肠的 tiěshí xīncháng de |
| Português | insensível |
| Français | endurci, sans-cœur, insensible |
| Deutsch | gefühllos, verhärtet, abgestumpft, herzlos |
| Italiano | cinico, insensibile |
| Ελληνικά | σκληρόκαρδος sklirókardos, άκαρδος ákardos |
| Română | nesimțit, insensibil, fără inimă |
| Русский | чёрствый čórstvyj, бессерде́чный besserdéčnyj, безду́шный bezdúšnyj, бесчу́вственный besčúvstvennyj |
adj having calluses
| Español | calloso |
|---|---|
| Français | calleux |
| Deutsch | schwielig |
| Italiano | calloso |
| Русский | мозо́листый mozólistyj |
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