| Main Entry: |
callous |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
cruel, insensitive |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blind to,
careless, case-hardened,
cold, cold-blooded, deaf to,
hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted,
heartless,
impassive, impenitent,
indifferent, indurated,
inflexible, insensate, insensible,
insensitive, insentient, inured,
obdurate, soulless, spiritless,
stiff, stony,
stubborn, thick-skinned,
torpid,
tough, toughened,
unaffected, unbending,
uncaring, uncompassionate,
unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic
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| 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
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