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Callous

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Verb

1. callous, cauterise, cauterize

make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

Adjective

2. callous, indurate, pachydermatous

emotionally hardened

Example Sentences:
'a callous indifference to suffering'
'cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion'

3. callous, calloused, thickened

having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

Example Sentences:
'calloused skin'
'with a workman's callous hands'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Callous

see synonyms of callous
adjective
1. 
unfeeling; insensitive
2. 
(of skin) hardened and thickened
verb
3. pathology
to make or become callous

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Callous

see synonyms of callous
adjective
1. 
a. 
having calluses
b. 
thick and hardened
usually ˈcalloused
2. 
lacking pity, mercy, etc.; unfeeling
verb transitive, verb intransitive
3. 
to make or become callous
noun
4. 
callus (sense 1)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Callous

see synonyms of callous
adj.
1. Having calluses; toughened: callous skin on the elbow.
2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: a callous indifference to the suffering of others.
tr. & intr.v. cal·loused, cal·lous·ing, cal·lous·es
To make or become callous.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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