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- [kal-uh s]
- /ˈkæl əs/
- /ˈkæl.əs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kal-uh s]
- /ˈkæl əs/
Definitions of callous word
- adjective callous A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings. 3
- adjective callous unfeeling; insensitive 3
- adjective callous (of skin) hardened and thickened 3
- verb callous to make or become callous 3
- adjective callous having calluses 3
- adjective callous thick and hardened 3
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Origin of callous
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin callōsus hard-skinned, tough, equivalent to call(um) tough skin, any hard substance + -ōsus -ous
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Parts of speech for Callous
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
callous popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
callous usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for callous
adj callous
- insensitive — deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- heartless — unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
- careless — If you are careless, you do not pay enough attention to what you are doing, and so you make mistakes, or cause harm or damage.
- cold-blooded — Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity or emotion.
adjective callous
- pitiless — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
verb callous
- vitrify — to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- caked — If something is caked with mud, blood, or dirt, it is covered with a thick dry layer of it.
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
Antonyms for callous
adj callous
- mindful — attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of): mindful of one's responsibilities.
- responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- kind — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- merciful — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
adjective callous
- warm-hearted — having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.
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