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callous
01
showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for the feelings or suffering of others
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most callous
Comparative
more callous
gradable
Examples
The manager 's callous decision to lay off employees without notice shocked the entire team.
02
physically hardened from friction or repeated use
Examples
His callous hands showed years of manual labor.
to callous
01
to cause someone to become emotionally numb through repeated exposure or hardship
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
callous
3rd person singular
callouses
Present participle
callousing
Past simple
calloused
Past participle
calloused
Examples
Years of war calloused him against human suffering.
Lexical Tree
callously
callousness
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