Thesaurus: callous

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1. a. Hardened; indurated.
2. a. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
3. adj. emotionally hardened
4. adj. having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
5. v. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
6. 1. Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison. 2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." Macaulay. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold. Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. -- Cal"lous*ly, adv. -- Cal"lous*ness, n. A callousness and numbness of soul. Bentley.
7. j:95/n:5 v. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals s. emotionally hardened