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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
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
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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