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adjective
- 1. (of a part of the body) having an area of hardened skin: "a calloused palm"
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CALLOUSED definition: 1. If feet or hands are calloused, they are covered with hard areas of skin: 2. If feet or hands…. Learn more.
The meaning of CALLOUSED is having calluses. How to use calloused in a sentence.
adjective. (UK also callused) us / ˈkæl.əst / uk / ˈkæl.əst / Add to word list. If feet or hands are calloused, they are covered with hard areas of skin: She had the calloused hands of someone who had always worked hard for a living. Their feet were calloused and bleeding from months of walking barefoot. Fewer examples.
adjective. roughened; hardened. blunt, calloused fingers. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'calloused' in a sentence. calloused.
Definition of calloused adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Use the adjective calloused to describe skin that is thickened and rough from rubbing against something. You might have calloused feet after a summer of walking around barefoot.
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. [Middle English, from Old French cailleux, from Latin callōsus, from callum, hard skin .] cal′lous·ly adv. cal′lous·ness n.
A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened. If you laugh at your little sister while she's trying to show you her poetry, you're being callous. Callous comes from the Latin root callum for hard skin. If you walk barefoot a lot, your feet will become calloused.
CALLOUS definition: 1. unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people: 2. unkind, cruel, and without…. Learn more.
adjective. Having become or being made callous. Wiktionary. Synonyms: thickened. callous. Calloused Sentence Examples. His hands were rough and calloused, but his touch was light and opened the comforting flow of energy between them. He took her calloused hands in his, his gaze falling to her arm again. A calloused, human hand picked her up.
