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   callous

   /ˈkaləs/

   adjective

   • 1. showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others: "his callous comments about the murder made me shiver"

   noun

   • 1. variant spelling of callus

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   CALLOUS definition: 1. unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people: 2. unkind, cruel, and without…. Learn more.

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   A callus is a hard, thickened area of skin that develops usually from friction or irritation over time. Such a hardened area often leaves one less sensitive to the touch, so it's no surprise that the adjective callous, in addition to describing skin that is hard and thick, can also be used as a synonym for harsh or insensitive.

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   CALLOUS meaning: 1. unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people: 2. unkind, cruel, and without…. Learn more.

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   A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.

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   A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened. If you laugh at your little sister while she's trying to show you her poetry, you're being callous.

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   Definition of callous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.

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   1. Having calluses; toughened: callous skin on the elbow. 2. Emotionally hardened; unfeeling: a callous indifference to the suffering of others. tr. & intr.v. cal·loused, cal·lous·ing, cal·lous·es. To make or become callous. [Middle English, from Old French cailleux, from Latin callōsus, from callum, hard skin.] cal′lous·ly adv. cal′lous·ness n.

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    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective callous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. callous has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

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    CALLOUS definition: cruel and not caring about other people: . Learn more.