callous
Meaning of callous
- showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
his callous comments about the murder made me shiver
noun
variant spelling of callus.
late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned’.
noun
a thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially in an area that has been subjected to friction.
mid 16th century: from Latin callus (more commonly callum ) ‘hardened skin’.
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Hyphenation of callous
cal-lous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- callous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
callous synonyms
Meaning indurate:
Meaning calloused:
Meaning cauterize:
Meaning displaying a complete lack of feeling or consideration:
Meaning unsympathetic, harsh, or callous:
Meaning not displaying sympathy or concern for others:
Meaning of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body:
Meaning not showing sympathy or affection; strict:
Meaning showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings:
Meaning having become or been made hard or harder:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it:
Meaning having or showing no pity or compassion for others:
Meaning savagely violent:
Meaning not feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy:
Meaning (of a person's behaviour or attitude towards others) unkind; unsympathetic:
Meaning having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned:
Meaning showing a lack of worry or interest, especially when this is surprising or callous:
Meaning not likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing:
Meaning without one's mental faculties, typically as a result of injury or intoxication; unconscious:
Meaning (of a person) cold or ruthless:
Meaning (especially of a place) lacking character and individuality:
Meaning hardened:
callous antonyms
Meaning a group of people or things having similar characteristics:
Meaning feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others:
Translation of callous
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