Definitions for callous
ˈkæl əscal·lous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. callous, indurate, pachydermatousadjective

   emotionally hardened

   "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"

2. calloused, callous, thickenedverb

   having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

   "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"

3. callous, cauterize, cauteriseverb

   make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. callousadjective

   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. callousadjective

   Having calluses.

3. Etymology: From callosus, from callum + -osus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Callousadjective

   Etymology: callus, Lat.

   1. Indurated; hardned; having the pores shut up.

   In progress of time, the ulcers became sinuous and callous, with induration of the glands. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   2. Hardened; insensible.

   Licentiousness has so long passed for sharpness of wit, and greatness of mind, that the conscience is grown callous. Roger L'Estrange.

   The wretch is drench’d too deep,
   His soul is stupid, and his heart asleep:
   Fatten’d in vice, so callous and so gross,
   He sins, and sees not, senseless of his loss. John Dryden, Persius.

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1. callous

   Callous refers to being insensitive, indifferent, or unsympathetic towards others or their feelings. It can also describe someone who is emotionally hardened. The term can also be used to describe a hardened or thickened part of the skin.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Callousadjective

   hardened; indurated

2. Callousadjective

   hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Callous

   kal′us, adj. hardened: unfeeling or insensible.—n. Callos′ity, a hard swelling on the skin.—adv. Call′ously.—n. Call′ousness. [L. callosus—callus, hard skin.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Callous

   see callosity.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of callous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of callous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of callous in a Sentence

1. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

   Callous, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another.

2. Alex Arreaza:

   The failure of Broward County Public Schools and of the Principal and School Resource officer to adequately protect students, and in particular our client, from life-threatening harm were unreasonable, callous and negligent.

3. Antony Blinken:

   Bucha is not normal. Mariupol is not normal. Irpin is not normal. Bombing schools and hospitals and apartment buildings to rubble is not normal. Stealing Ukrainian children from their families and giving them to people in Russia is not normal, we must not let President Putin’s callous indifference to human life become our own.

4. Claire Bass:

   Yet again Bear Grylls' animal killing activities are quite rightly coming under fire, it's time for TV to dump this tired routine of men charging around the wilderness dominating wildlife and killing for ratings. It shows a callous disregard for the natural world and treats animals like mere props.

5. Matt Nakajima:

   The casino had no safety policies in place for floor inspection or fall prevention and had no criticism of the employees failure to pick up the trip hazard even though its own internal documents found her at fault, the casinos callous disregard for their customers safety was on full display throughout the trial.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=callous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Callous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=callous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/callous
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=callous
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=callous