callous

Meaning

Adj

1. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
2. Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

Noun

Alternative form of callus

Verb

Alternative form of callus

Synonyms

disregard

heartless

unfeeling

hard-hearted

hardened

insensitive

pitiless

cruel

ruthless

unsympathetic

insensate

calloused

hard

callousness

disinterested

cold-hearted

horny

cold

🥶

cold-blooded

merciless

hardhearted

indifferent

indurate

unkind

harsh

inconsiderate

pachydermatous

frigid

stoical

insentient

stiff

corn

🌽

chilly

brutal

harden

relentless

cool

🆒

cauterise

thickened

cauterize

stern

stony

stouthearted

stubbed

stubbly

tough

truculent

unaffectionate

uncompromising

unconscious

unloving

unyielding

vapid

vicious

frigorific

hard as nails

inanimate nature

adamant

scirrhous

barbarous

blister

bloodless

bloody-minded

callus

case-hardened

chilled

clammy

consolidate

corns

corny

crusty

cure

destructive

dull

flinty

formal

frosty

gnarled

hard-line

icy

impassible

inanimate

indurated

inexorable

inhuman

inhumane

insensible

intransigent

inveterate

lifeless

malevolent

numb

obdurate

petrify

senseless

soulless

spiritless

steely

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæləs/

Etymology

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