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- Dictionarycallous/ˈkaləs/
adjective
- 1. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others: "his callous comments about the murder made me shiver"
noun
- 1. variant spelling of callus
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CALLOUS definition: 1. unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people: 2. unkind, cruel, and without…. Learn more.
Definition of callous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people: It might sound callous, but I don't care if he's homeless. He's not living with me! Synonyms. barbaric. barbarous formal. brutal. cruel. hard (SEVERE) harsh (UNKIND) inhuman. sadistic. savage. tyrannous. vicious. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
A callus is a hard, thickened area of skin that develops usually from friction or irritation over time. Such a hardened area often leaves one less sensitive to the touch, so it's no surprise that the adjective callous, in addition to describing skin that is hard and thick, can also be used as a synonym for harsh or insensitive.
A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings. ...his callous disregard for human life. American English : callous / ˈkæləs /
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: made hard; hardened.. See examples of CALLOUS used in a sentence.
CALLOUS definition: cruel and not caring about other people: . Learn more.
Callous Definition. kăləs. callouses. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Verb. Noun. Filter. adjective. Having calluses; toughened. Callous skin on the elbow. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. Thick and hardened. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
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.
