callous

UK /ˈkæləs/ US /ˈkæləs/
adj 2noun 1verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.

Re-watching some of the audition rounds of these shows now, you're struck by how callous the judges' comments often were, and how they presented a cruel spectacle in which the audience were set up to laugh at the "deluded" members of the public who believed they could sing.

2

Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

noun

1

Alternative form of callus.

Hanson was beginning to feel annoyance at the suddenly cocksure and unsympathetic girl, but he stood fully erect and flexed his muscles. There wasn't even a trace of bedsoreness, though he had been flat on his back long enough to grow callouses.

verb

1

Alternative form of callus.

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