Callous \Cal"lous\, a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum,
callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]
1. Hardened; indurated. "A callous hand." --Goldsmith. "A
callous ulcer." --Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
"The callous diplomatist." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to
ridicule. --T. Arnold.
Syn: Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible;
unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
callous
adj : emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering";
"cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion" [syn: thick-skinned,
indurate, pachydermatous]
v : make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals [syn:
cauterize, cauterise]
WordNet (r) 2.0
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "callous":
Philistine, anneal, apathetic, asleep, backed, benumbed, brazen,
brutalize, calcified, calcify, calloused, case harden,
case-hardened, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted,
conscienceless, cornify, crusted, crusty, crystallized, dead,
deadened, dull, firm, flinthearted, flinty, fossilize, fossilized,
granulated, hard, hard of heart, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, harden,
hardened, hardhearted, heartless, hornified, impassible,
impenitent, imperceptive, impercipient, impervious, incrusted,
indifferent, indurate, indurated, insensate, insensible,
insensitive, insentient, insolent, inure, inured, lapidified,
lapidify, lithify, lost to shame, numb, numbed, obdurate, obtuse,
ossified, ossify, pachydermatous, petrified, petrify,
proof against, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, seared, set,
shameless, solidified, steel, steeled, steeled against, steely,
stiffened, stony, stonyhearted, strengthened, temper,
thick-skinned, thick-witted, tough, toughen, toughened, unabject,
unblushing, uncaring, uncompassionate, uncontrite, unemotional,
unfeeling, unfelt, unmelted, unmerciful, unnatural, unperceptive,
unrepentant, unrepenting, unresponsive, unsoftened, unsympathetic,
untouched, vitrified, vitrify
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils
afflicting another.
When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he was
observed to be deeply moved. "What!" said one of his disciples, "you
weep at the death of an enemy?" "Ah, 'tis true," replied the great
Stoic; "but you should see me smile at the death of a friend."
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
cauterise, cauterize, indurate, pachydermatous, thick-skinned
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