callous
pronunciation
How to pronounce callous in British English:
UK [ˈkæləs]
How to pronounce callous in American English:
US [ˈkæləs]
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- Verb:
- make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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- Adjective:
- emotionally hardened
Word Origin
- callous (adj.)
- c. 1400, "hardened," in the physical sense, from Latin callosus "thick-skinned," from callus, callum "hard skin" (see callus). The figurative sense of "unfeeling" appeared in English by 1670s. Related: Callously; callousness.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The guard was characterized by journalist as a callous guy .
- 2. The young people in mr. hoepker 's photo aren 't necessarily callous .
- 3. Such an approach is not necessarily callous or insensitive .
- 4. Sitting in my briefcase is an editorial from that day 's economist magazine , accusing thailand of " astoundingly callous " behaviour .
- 5. Contrary to popular belief , the uk is not governed by a callous minimal state .