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- pronunciation:
- kae
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
not having kindness; not sensitive; having a hard heart.
My friend was callous about my pain and told me to stop complaining.- synonyms:
- heartless, insensitive
- antonyms:
- kind, sensitive
- similar words:
- cold, cruel, indifferent, inhuman
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| definition 2: |
having an area of hard, thick skin; rough and hardened.
He has callous feet from walking barefoot all summer.- synonyms:
- horny, thickened
- similar words:
- hard, tough
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| related words: |
brutal, heartless, unkind |
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| derivations: |
callously (adv.), callousness (n.) |
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