callous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   emotionally hardened

   a callous indifference to suffering

2. 2
   adj

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   Alternative form of callus.

   Hanson was beginning to feel annoyance at the suddenly cocksure and unsympathetic girl, but he stood fully erect and flexed his muscles. There wasn't even a trace of bedsoreness, though he had been flat on his back long enough to grow callouses.

4. 4
   adj

   having calluses

5. 5
   verb

   to make insensitive or callous

6. 6
   adj

   Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

7. 7
   verb

   Alternative form of callus.

Etymology

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