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callous - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, careless, cold, cold-blooded, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unresponsive, unsympathetic, blind to, case-hardened, deaf to, hard-bitten, indurated, insentient, inured, toughened, uncompassionate, unimpressionable, unsusceptible |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | apathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncaring, disinterested |
| Synonyms: | blah*, callous, cold, cool, could care less, couldn't care less, don't give a damn, draggy, emotionless, flat, impassive, indifferent, insensible, laid-back*, languid, moony, passive, stoic, stolid, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved, unresponsive, untouched, what the hell, wimpy |
| Antonyms: | caring, concerned, interested, responsive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cold-blooded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, heartless |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, dispassionate, hard-boiled, hardened, imperturbable, inhuman, matter-of-fact, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, savage, unemotional, unfeeling, unmoved, hard-hearted, steely, stony-hearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, demonstrative, feeling, friendly, merciful, nice, sympathetic, warm-blooded |
| Main Entry: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked, brutish, demoniac, hard-hearted, inhumane, rancorous |
| Antonyms: | charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| Main Entry: | hard-boiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tough |
| Synonyms: | callous, firm, hard-line*, hard-nosed, headstrong, inflexible, obdurate, obstinate, rough, stern, strict, unbending, unfeeling, hard as nails, hard-shelled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | accustomed, callous, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, hard-boiled*, hardhearted*, heartless, impenetrable, impious, inaccessible, irreverent, obdurate, obtuse, prepared, resistant, seasoned, unbending, uncaring, unemotional, benumbed, case-hardened, coldhearted, habituated, hard-as-nails, hard-bitten, indurated, inured, steeled, toughened, unashamed, uncompassionate, unrepenting, unsubmissive |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, cruel |
| Synonyms: | callous, cold-blooded*, hard, hard-boiled*, heartless, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, stony, uncaring, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic, brutish, coldhearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, kind, nice, softhearted, warm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heartless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without feeling; cold |
| Synonyms: | brutal, callous, cold fish*, cold-blooded*, cold-hearted*, cruel, hard, hard-boiled*, harsh, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, ruthless, savage, thick-skinned*, uncaring, unemotional, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic, hard as nails, hard-hearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, considerate, feeling, kind, nice, sympathetic, warmhearted, caring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impassive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, cool |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded*, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, phlegmatic, placid, reserved, reticent, sedate, serene, spiritless, stoic, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unfeeling, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, wooden, indurated, inexcitable, insusceptible, passionless, poker-faced*, self-contained, stoical, unexcitable, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indifferent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, uninterested |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, diffident, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, equitable, haughty, heartless, heedless, highbrow, impartial, impervious, inattentive, listless, neutral, nonchalant, nonpartisan, objective, phlegmatic, regardless, scornful, silent, supercilious, superior, unbiased, uncaring, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unemotional, unmoved, unprejudiced, unresponsive, unsympathetic, passionless, stoical, unaroused, unimpressed, uninvolved, unsocial |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, concerned, feeling, interested, involved, sympathetic, caring |
| Main Entry: | merciless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
| Synonyms: | barbarous, callous, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, fierce, gratuitous, grim, hard, hardhearted, harsh, hatchet job, implacable, inexorable, mortal, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, uncalled-for, unfeeling, unflinching, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsparing, unsympathetic, unyielding, wanton, compassionless, having a killer instinct, inhumane, iron-fisted, mean machine, unappeasable, unpitying |
| Antonyms: | giving, kind, merciful, nice, sparing, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, apathetic, asleep, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, indifferent, insensate, insensible, lethargic, listless, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, unfeeling, uninterested, anesthetized, benumbed, immobilized, incurious, insentient, numbed, stuporous, uncurious |
| Antonyms: | lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | obdurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pigheaded, stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, callous, cold fish*, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled*, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, iron*, mean, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, relentless, rigid, thick-skinned*, tough, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, unemotional, unfeeling, unrelenting, unshakable, unsympathetic, unyielding, bullhead, hanging tough, hard-hearted, indurate, set in stone, stiff-necked*, tough nut to crack, uncompassionate, unimpressible |
| Antonyms: | amenable, gentle, submissive, susceptible, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pitiless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without mercy or care |
| Synonyms: | austere, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold*, cruel, cutthroat*, dog-eat-dog*, frigid, hardhearted*, harsh, heartless, implacable, indifferent, inexorable, inhuman, insensible, mean, merciless, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, satanic, savage, soulless, stony*, coldblooded, coldhearted, hatchetjob, inhumane, killer instinct |
| Antonyms: | charitable, kind, merciful, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remorseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without guilt in spite of wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, barbarous, bloody, callous, cruel, fierce, forbidding, greedy, grim, hard, hardened, harsh, impenitent, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, insensitive, intolerant, merciless, murderous, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, rigorous, ruthless, savage, shameless, sour, tough, tyrannical, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unyielding, vindictive, hard-bitten, hard-hearted, inhumane, sanguinary, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unregenerate, unremitting, unrepenting |
| Antonyms: | ashamed, guilty, remorseful, sad, sorry |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
| Synonyms: | adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, hard-hearted, ironfisted, rancorous, unappeasable, without pity |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stony |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, icy in appearance, response |
| Synonyms: | adamant, blank, callous, chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, expressionless, firm, frigid, hard-boiled*, hardened, heartless, hostile, indifferent, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, rough, tough, unfeeling, unforgiving, unrelenting, unresponsive, unsympathetic, coldhearted, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | friendly, soft, warm, smiling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thick-skinned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardened |
| Synonyms: | callous, hardhearted*, insensitive, seasoned, tough, unbending, unfeeling, benumbed, coldhearted, hard-as-nails, toughened |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indifferent |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, heartless, impervious, listless, nonchalant, unconcerned, unemotional, unmoved, unsympathetic, passionless, unaroused, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | unconcerned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carefree; apathetic |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blind, blithe, callous, careless, cold, cool, deaf, detached, dispassionate, distant, easy, feckless, forgetful, hardened, heedless, impassive, inattentive, indifferent, insensible, insensitive, insouciant, lackadaisical, lukewarm, negligent, neutral, nonchalant, oblivious, phlegmatic, reserved, self-centered, serene, stony, supine, uninterested, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unsympathetic, untroubled, hard-hearted, incurious, relaxed, unbothered, uninvolved, unworried |
| Antonyms: | concerned, curious, interested, caring |
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