callous

3 definitions found

callous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Callous \Cal"lous\, a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum,
     callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
     1. Hardened; indurated. "A callous hand." --Goldsmith. "A
        callous ulcer." --Dunglison.
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     2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
        "The callous diplomatist." --Macaulay.
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              It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to
              ridicule.                             --T. Arnold.
  
     Syn: Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible;
          unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. --
          Cal"lous*ly, adv.
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                A callousness and numbness of soul. --Bentley.
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callous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  callous
      adj 1: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to
             suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
             [syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous]
      2: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through
         wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
         [syn: calloused, callous, thickened]
      v 1: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
           [syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise]

callous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "callous":
     Philistine, anneal, apathetic, asleep, backed, benumbed, brazen,
     brutalize, calcified, calcify, calloused, case harden,
     case-hardened, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted,
     conscienceless, cornify, crusted, crusty, crystallized, dead,
     deadened, dull, firm, flinthearted, flinty, fossilize, fossilized,
     granulated, hard, hard of heart, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, harden,
     hardened, hardhearted, heartless, hornified, impassible,
     impenitent, imperceptive, impercipient, impervious, incrusted,
     indifferent, indurate, indurated, insensate, insensible,
     insensitive, insentient, insolent, inure, inured, lapidified,
     lapidify, lithify, lost to shame, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse,
     ossified, ossify, pachydermatous, petrified, petrify,
     proof against, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, seared, set,
     shameless, solidified, steel, steeled, steeled against, steely,
     stiffened, stony, stonyhearted, strengthened, temper,
     thick-skinned, thick-witted, tough, toughen, toughened, unabject,
     unblushing, uncaring, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unemotional,
     unfeeling, unfelt, unmelted, unmerciful, unnatural, unperceptive,
     unrepentant, unrepenting, unresponsive, unsoftened, unsympathetic,
     untouched, vitrified, vitrify