English Explanatory Dictionary

callous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
  2. Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
noun
  1. Alternative form of callus.
verb
  1. Alternative form of callus.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæləs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-callous.wav

Word forms

callous more callous most callous callouses callousing calloused

Etymology

From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.

Synonyms

heartless insensitive brutal callous cold cold-eyed cruel dour flint-hearted forbidding frosty grim hard hard-boiled hardened hardhearted harsh humorless icy iron-hearted insensate marble-hearted rigorous rockhearted severe stern stonehearted stony stonyhearted strict tough unsympathetic unmoved callousy callusy calloused callused

Related words

callously callousness callus

Derived words

uncallous
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