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Callous

  1. adjective

    having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

    “calloused skin”

    Similar: calloused, thickened

  2. verb

    make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

    Similar: cauterize, cauterise

  3. adjective

    emotionally hardened

    “a callous indifference to suffering”

    Similar: indurate, pachydermatous

Word family

callousness · callously · calloused · callousing

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Word parts

-ous