- unfeeling; insensitive
- (of skin) hardened and thickened
- to make or become callous
ˈcallously adv ˈcallousness n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cal•lous /ˈkæləs/USA pronunciation
adj.
cal•lous•ly, adv.: treated him callously.
cal•lous•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024- (of the skin) made hard;
hardened by or as if by callus:His hands were callous after years of hard work. - insensitive;
uncaring;
unsympathetic:had a callous attitude toward the homeless.
cal•lous•ly, adv.: treated him callously.
cal•lous•ness, n. [uncountable]
cal•lous
(kal′əs),USA pronunciation adj.
v.t., v.i.
cal′lous•ly, adv.
cal′lous•ness, n.
- made hard;
hardened. - insensitive;
indifferent;
unsympathetic:They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others. - Pathologyhaving a callus;
indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.
v.t., v.i.
- Pathologyto make or become hard or callous.
- Latin callōsus hard-skinned, tough, equivalent. to call(um) tough skin, any hard substance + -ōsus -ous
- late Middle English 1375–1425
cal′lous•ness, n.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hard.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inured, insensible, obtuse. See hard.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soft.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sensitive.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
callous /ˈkæləs/ adj
ˈcallously adv ˈcallousness n
ˈcallously adv ˈcallousness n
'callous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
callose
- callosity
- callus
- case-harden
- caseharden
- dead
- hard
- horny
- indurate
- inhuman
- insensible
- insensitive
- mean
- obdurate
- quick
- sear
- tylosis
- unfeeling
- unsex