callous

unfeeling; emotionally hardened: She was so callous that she didn’t shed a tear when her husband died.
Not to be confused with:callus – a thickening of the horny layer of the skin: You may have to go to a doctor to get that callus removed.

cal·lous

C0041100 (kăl′əs)adj.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.Usage Note: Do not confuse the adjective callous, as in Years of dealing with criminals had left her callous, with the noun callus, as in I have a callus on my thumb. Also, do not confuse the verb callous, which means "to make or become callous," with the verb callus "to form or develop hardened tissue."

callous

(ˈkæləs) adj1. unfeeling; insensitive2. (Pathology) (of skin) hardened and thickenedvb (Pathology) pathol to make or become callous[C16: from Latin callōsus; see callus] ˈcallously adv ˈcallousness n

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(ˈkæl əs)

adj. 1. made hard; hardened. 2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic. 3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction. v.t., v.i. 4. to make or become hard or callous. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin callōsus hard-skinned, tough] cal′lous•ly, adv. cal′lous•ness, n.

callous

Past participle: calloused
Gerund: callousing

Imperative
callous
callous

Present
I callous
you callous
he/she/it callouses
we callous
you callous
they callous

Preterite
I calloused
you calloused
he/she/it calloused
we calloused
you calloused
they calloused

Present Continuous
I am callousing
you are callousing
he/she/it is callousing
we are callousing
you are callousing
they are callousing

Present Perfect
I have calloused
you have calloused
he/she/it has calloused
we have calloused
you have calloused
they have calloused

Past Continuous
I was callousing
you were callousing
he/she/it was callousing
we were callousing
you were callousing
they were callousing

Past Perfect
I had calloused
you had calloused
he/she/it had calloused
we had calloused
you had calloused
they had calloused

Future
I will callous
you will callous
he/she/it will callous
we will callous
you will callous
they will callous

Future Perfect
I will have calloused
you will have calloused
he/she/it will have calloused
we will have calloused
you will have calloused
they will have calloused

Future Continuous
I will be callousing
you will be callousing
he/she/it will be callousing
we will be callousing
you will be callousing
they will be callousing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been callousing
you have been callousing
he/she/it has been callousing
we have been callousing
you have been callousing
they have been callousing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been callousing
you will have been callousing
he/she/it will have been callousing
we will have been callousing
you will have been callousing
they will have been callousing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been callousing
you had been callousing
he/she/it had been callousing
we had been callousing
you had been callousing
they had been callousing

Conditional
I would callous
you would callous
he/she/it would callous
we would callous
you would callous
they would callous

Past Conditional
I would have calloused
you would have calloused
he/she/it would have calloused
we would have calloused
you would have calloused
they would have calloused

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	callous - make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or moralscauterise, cauterizeinure, indurate, harden - cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
Adj.	1.	callous - emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"indurate, pachydermatousinsensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
	2.	callous - having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"calloused, thickenedtoughened, tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"

callous

adjective heartless, cold, harsh, hardened, indifferent, insensitive, hard-boiled (informal), unsympathetic, uncaring, soulless, hard-bitten, unfeeling, obdurate, case-hardened, hardhearted a callous and brutal attack on an old man
understanding, caring, soft, sensitive, gentle, tender, sympathetic, compassionate, considerate

callous

adjectiveCompletely lacking in compassion:cold-blooded, cold-hearted, compassionless, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, obdurate, stonyhearted, unfeeling.

Translations

无情的

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(ˈkӕləs) adjective unfeeling; cruel. a callous person/attack.无情的ˈcallously adverb无情地ˈcallousness noun无情

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