CALLOUS

callous, indurate, pachydermatous

(adjective) emotionally hardened; “a callous indifference to suffering”; “cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion”

calloused, callous, thickened

(adjective) having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; “calloused skin”; “with a workman’s callous hands”

callous, cauterize, cauterise

(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

callous (comparative more callous, superlative most callous)

Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

Having calluses.

Synonyms

• heartless

• insensitive

Noun

callous (plural callouses)

Alternative form of callus

Source: Wiktionary

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Cal"lous, a. Etym: [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]

1. Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.

2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." Macaulay. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.

Syn.

– Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate.

– Cal"lous*ly, adv.

– Cal"lous*ness, n. A callousness and numbness of soul. Bentley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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