callous

[US]/ˈkæləs/
[UK]/ˈkæləs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. insensitive; unfeeling; hardened

vt. make insensitive; harden

vi. become insensitive

Example Sentences

callous skin on the heel

He is callous to rebuke.

callous skin on the elbow.

a pair of callous hands

a callous indifference to the suffering of others.

to make cynically callous.

consideration requited with callous disregard;

He is callous about the safety of his workers.

Her callous attitude repels me.

his callous comments about the murder made me shiver.

His cruel and callous comments made me shiver.

Confined within his perverted consciousness, Leventhal, the protagonist of The Victim by Saul Bellow, is apathetically callous to the outside world.

Real-world Examples

In it, he describes the anecdotes as shockingly callous.

Source: NPR News August 2015 Compilation

I don't buy that she's that callous.

Source: VOA Special June 2018 Collection

Writing individuals off for life is not just callous.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

His muscles became hard as iron, and he grew callous to all ordinary pain.

Source: The Call of the Wild

How can you be so callous?

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

It's the callous nature of their operations and how they just don't care about human life.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

She also commented that the dating experience can be callous.

Source: 6 Minute English

How can you be so callous? Abigail was your mother.

Source: English little tyrant

The book paints the monarchy as a cold and callous institution.

Source: VOA Daily Standard January 2023 Collection

I'm a callous egomaniac. She's gonna leave me. No, she won't.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 6

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