Calloused

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of callused. alt-of, alternative

    "It was inconceivable, it astounded him, that this slender, beautiful girl of scarcely twenty should have anything, even a bitter enmity, in common with this crime-calloused man of fifty"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
backedbrassybrazencallouscallusycase hardened

Example

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"And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand."

Etymology

From callous + -ed.

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