callous

/kˈæləs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. emotionally hardened
   “a callous indifference to suffering”
2. having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
   “calloused skin”

verb

1. make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

Synonyms for callous

• indurate
• pachydermatous
• insensitive
• calloused
• thickened
• tough
• cauterize
• cauterise

Words that rhyme with callous

• callus
• palace
• digitalis
• gallus
• malice
• balas
• alice
• borealis
• callace
• ilalis
• kallus
• kalous
• maryalice
• prothallus