Callous

English

Etymology

From Latin callōsus (“‘hard-skinned’”), from callum (“‘hardened skin’”) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈkæləs/
• Rhymes: -æləs
• Homophones: callus

Adjective

Callous (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Callous

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Superlative {{{2}}}

1. 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.

2. Having calluses.

Synonyms

• astorgous
• heartless

Translations

emotionally hardened

Bulgarian: безчувствен bg(bg), безсърдечен bg(bg) Dutch: ongevoelig nl(nl), hard nl(nl), gevoelloos nl(nl), bot nl(nl) Finnish: tunteeton fi(fi), kylmä fi(fi), sydämetön fi(fi) German: gefühllos de(de), verhärtet de(de), abgestumpft de(de) Hungarian: kérges hu(hu), keményszívű hu(hu) Icelandic: kaldgeðja is(is) m., tilfinningalaus is(is) m., harðgeðja is(is) m., harðlyndur is(is) m., harðbrjósta is(is) m., fólskulegur is(is) m.

Italian: cinico it(it), insensibile it(it) Polish: bezduszny Russian: чёрствый ru(ru), бессердечный ru(ru) Swedish: känslolös, känslokall

having calluses

Bulgarian: мазолест bg(bg) Dutch: eeltig nl(nl) Finnish: känsäinen

German: schwielig de(de) Hungarian: kérges hu(hu) Italian: calloso it(it)

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