callous

  • 21callous — cal•lous [[t]ˈkæl əs[/t]] adj. 1) made hard; hardened 2) insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic 3) pat having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction 4) pat to make or become hard or callous • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22Callous Pulver — Callous Pulver, Schießpulversurrogat aus chlorsaurem Kali und Auripigment …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 23callous adj — I m a great opera singer, said Tom, being callous …

    English expressions

  • 24callous — adj. [L. callus, hard skin] Hardened; having a callus or callosities …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 25callous — Relating to a callus or callosity. * * * cal·lous kal əs adj 1) being hardened and thickened 2) having calluses * * * cal·lous (kalґəs) 1. hardened. 2. pertaining to or characterized by callus …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26callous — Synonyms and related words: Philistine, anneal, apathetic, asleep, backed, benumbed, brazen, brutalize, calcified, calcify, calloused, case harden, case hardened, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, conscienceless, cornify, crusted,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27callous —  , callus  The first means insensitive, the second is a thickening of the skin …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 28callous — adjective insensitive and cruel. noun variant spelling of callus. Derivatives callously adverb callousness noun Origin ME: from L. callosus hard skinned …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29callous — a. 1. Indurated, hardened, hard. 2. Insensible, unfeeling, apathetic, obtuse, unsusceptible, unimpressible, sluggish, dull, torpid, indifferent, dead …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30callous —   (adjective). Of the distinctive swollen tissue, often colored, formed at the point of insertion of Macrozamia leaflets onto the rachis; often confused with callus …

    Expanded glossary of Cycad terms