Meaning of CALLOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'kalus
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- [adj] emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
- [v] make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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| | Synonyms: | | cauterise, cauterize, indurate, insensitive, pachydermatous, thick-skinned |
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| | See Also: | | harden, indurate, inure | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
``The callous diplomatist.'' --Macaulay.
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. -- {Cal"lous*ness}, n.
A callousness and numbness of soul. --Bentley.
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