Synonyms and Antonyms of callous

synonym (synonym of callous)

similar (similar with callous)

  • emotionally hardened (adj.all)
    insensitive
    deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive (adj.all)
     
  • having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear (adj.all)
    tough, toughened
    physically toughened (adj.all)
     

hypernym (callous IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals (verb.change)
    harden, indurate, inure
    cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate (verb.change)
     

derivation (.... is derived from callous)

  • emotionally hardened (adj.all)
    callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness
    devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness (noun.attribute)
     
  • having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear (adj.all)
    callosity, callus
    an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) (noun.state)
     
synonym similar hypernym derivation cauterise cauterize indurate calloused thickened insensitive tough toughened harden indurate inure callosity callousness hardness insensibility callus
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. cauterise, cauterize . indurate, pachydermatous . calloused, thickened . insensitive . tough, toughened . harden, indurate, inure . callosity, callousness, hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness . callosity, callus


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