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Webster 1828 Edition


Callousness

CALLOUSNESS

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Noun.
Hardness, induration, applied to the body; insensibility, applied to the mind or heart.

Definition 2024


callousness

callousness

English

Noun

callousness (usually uncountable, plural callousnesses)

  1. The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
    Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.
  2. The quality of having calluses