Callous

Cal′lous

,

Adj.

[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.

–

Cal′lous-ly

,

adv.

A

callousness

and numbness of soul.

Bentley.

Callous

CALLOUS

, a.

1.

Hard; hardened; indurated; as an ulcer or some part of the body.

2.

Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling.

callous

English

Adjective

callous ‎(comparative more callous, superlative most callous)

Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
Having calluses.

Synonyms

Related terms

calloused

Translations

emotionally hardened

Bulgarian: безчувствен (bg) ‎(bezčuvstven), безсърдечен (bg) ‎(bezsǎrdečen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無情的 (zh), 无情的 (zh) ‎(wúqíng de), 鐵石心腸的 (zh), 铁石心肠的 (zh) ‎(tiěshí xīncháng de)
Czech: otrlý
Dutch: ongevoelig (nl), hard (nl), gevoelloos (nl), bot (nl), harteloos (nl), afgestompt (nl)
Finnish: tunteeton (fi), kylmä (fi), sydämetön (fi)
French: endurci (fr), sans-cœur (fr), insensible (fr) m, f
Galician: frío (gl) m, indolente m, insensible (gl) m, desconsiderado m, endurecido m, cínico m
German: gefühllos, verhärtet, abgestumpft
Hungarian: kérges (hu), keményszívű (hu), érzéketlen (hu)

Icelandic: kaldgeðja m, tilfinningalaus (is) m, harðgeðja m, harðlyndur m, harðbrjósta m, fólskulegur (is) m
Italian: cinico (it), insensibile (it)
Lithuanian: bejausmis
Maori: ueke
Polish: bezduszny (pl)
Portuguese: insensível (pt)
Russian: чёрствый (ru) ‎(čórstvyj), бессерде́чный (ru) ‎(besserdéčnyj), безду́шный (ru) ‎(bezdúšnyj), бесчу́вственный (ru) ‎(besčúvstvennyj)
Serbo-Croatian: nemilosrdan (sh), bezosjećajan (sh), tvrd (sh)
Spanish: insensible (es), cruel (es), desconsiderado (es)
Swedish: känslolös (sv), känslokall (sv), hjärtlös (sv)

having calluses

Bulgarian: мазолест ‎(mazolest)
Dutch: eeltig
Finnish: känsäinen
German: schwielig (de)
Hungarian: kérges (hu), bőrkeményedéses (hu)

Irish: cranrach, fadharcánach
Italian: calloso
Maori: ueke, utonga, raupā
Russian: мозо́листый (ru) ‎(mozólistyj)
Serbo-Croatian: žuljevit (sh), kalozan
Spanish: calloso (es)

Noun

callous ‎(plural callouses)

Alternative form of callus

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