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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. --
cal"lously, adv.
1913 webster
a callousness and numbness of soul. --bentley.
1913 webster
see also:
obdurate cal"lously
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
callously
adv : in a callous way; "he callously exploited their feelings"
syn: unfeelingly
see also:
unfeelingly
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