callous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæləs/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.
Meanings
-
(figuratively) 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.
Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing.
2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:
- (literally) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most callous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more callous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
callus · callousness · callously
Synonyms
thick-skinned · stony · stern · callusy · rigorous · callousy · humorless · marble-hearted · rockhearted · cruel · harsh · frosty · dour · cold-eyed · hardened · stonyhearted · insensitive · callused · heartless · flint-hearted · callous · brutal · hardhanded · cold · grim · unsympathetic · stonehearted · insensitive · heartless · hardhearted · insensate · hard-boiled · unmoved · iron-hearted · hard · icy · severe · forbidding · calloused · tough · strict
Translations (112)
got 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (emotionally hardened) · mi ueke (emotionally hardened) · de herzlos (emotionally hardened) · gl insensible (emotionally hardened) · nl afgestompt (emotionally hardened) · nl bot (emotionally hardened) · cs otrlý (emotionally hardened) · tr katı (emotionally hardened) · uk нечу́лий (emotionally hardened) · is tilfinningalaus (emotionally hardened) · da hjerteløs (emotionally hardened) · gl endurecido (emotionally hardened) · hu kérges (having calluses) · ca cruel (emotionally hardened) · bg безсърдечен (emotionally hardened) · is kaldgeðja (emotionally hardened) · ang wearriht (having calluses) · is harðlyndur (emotionally hardened) · hu érzéketlen (emotionally hardened) · sv hjärtlös (emotionally hardened) · is fólskulegur (emotionally hardened) · mi ueke (having calluses) · pl nieczuły (emotionally hardened) · it cinico (emotionally hardened) · hu bőrkeményedéses (having calluses) · de verhärtet (emotionally hardened) · fi sydämetön (emotionally hardened) · de gefühllos (emotionally hardened) · el σκληρόκαρδος (emotionally hardened) · ru мозо́листый (having calluses) · mr भावजड (emotionally hardened) · gl cínico (emotionally hardened) · nl eeltig (having calluses) · nb ufølsom (emotionally hardened) · cmn 鐵石心腸的 /铁石心肠的 (emotionally hardened) · uk безду́шний (emotionally hardened) · pt insensível (emotionally hardened) · nb forherdet (emotionally hardened) · sv känslolös (emotionally hardened) · hu kérges (emotionally hardened) · it calloso (having calluses) · mi utonga (having calluses) · ru чёрствый (emotionally hardened) · hu keményszívű (emotionally hardened) · el άκαρδος (emotionally hardened) · nb avstumpet (emotionally hardened) · la callōsus (having calluses) · pl bezduszny (emotionally hardened) · es calloso (having calluses) · ro fără inimă (emotionally hardened) · fi kylmä (emotionally hardened) · gl caloso (having calluses) · nl hard (emotionally hardened) · nb hjerteløs (emotionally hardened) · lt bejausmis (emotionally hardened) · fr sans-cœur (emotionally hardened) · ca callós (having calluses) · mi tītonga (emotionally hardened) · pdt onemfintlich (emotionally hardened) · ga cranrach (having calluses) · gl calosa (having calluses) · es desconsiderado (emotionally hardened) · da ubarmhjertig (emotionally hardened) · nl gevoelloos (emotionally hardened) · de schwielig (having calluses) · es cruel (emotionally hardened) · uk безсерде́чний (emotionally hardened) · ru бесчу́вственный (emotionally hardened) · ru бессерде́чный (emotionally hardened) · cmn 無情的 /无情的 (emotionally hardened) · uk зачерстві́лий (emotionally hardened) · tr nasırlı (having calluses) · sh kalozan (having calluses) · nb følelsesløs (emotionally hardened) · es insensible (emotionally hardened) · gl indolente (emotionally hardened) · pl zrogowaciały (having calluses) · ro insensibil (emotionally hardened) · bg мазолест (having calluses) · mk немило́срден (emotionally hardened) · fr insensible (emotionally hardened) · mi ngākau-rahirahi (emotionally hardened) · fi tunteeton (emotionally hardened) · mi raupā (having calluses) · sv känslokall (emotionally hardened) · sh nemilosrdan (emotionally hardened) · uk загрубі́лий (emotionally hardened) · mk бе́счувствен (emotionally hardened) · is harðbrjósta (emotionally hardened) · sh tvrd (emotionally hardened) · mk бесчувстви́телен (emotionally hardened) · fi känsäinen (having calluses) · nl harteloos (emotionally hardened) · fr endurci (emotionally hardened) · ru безду́шный (emotionally hardened) · pl zgrubiały (having calluses) · gl desconsiderado (emotionally hardened) · it insensibile (emotionally hardened) · nb følelseskald (emotionally hardened) · ga fadharcánach (having calluses) · sh bezosjećajan (emotionally hardened) · bg безчувствен (emotionally hardened) · uk мозоля́стий (having calluses) · ro nesimțit (emotionally hardened) · de abgestumpft (emotionally hardened) · gl frío (emotionally hardened) · ca insensible (emotionally hardened) · da følelseskold (emotionally hardened) · sh žuljevit (having calluses) · nl ongevoelig (emotionally hardened) · fr calleux (having calluses) · is harðgeðja (emotionally hardened)