Synonyms for Callous | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "callous" (162 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Adjective(5 words)

calloused thickened callosity calluscold-blooded animal

anneal apathetic asleep backed benumbed brassy brazen brutalize calcified calcify callousedcase hardencase hardenedcase-hardened coldcold bloodedcold of heartcold-blooded cold-hearted coldblooded

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coldhearted conscienceless cornify cruel

Noun(2 words)

callousingcold blooded

Verb(2 words)

cauterise cauterize

Strong matches (48)

crusted crusty crystallized dead deadened dull firm flinthearted flinty fossilize fossilized frigid granulated hardhard of hearthard-boiled hard-nosed harden hardened hardhearted

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heartless hornified impassible impassive impenitent imperceptive impercipient impervious incrusted indifferent indurate indurated inhuman insensate insensible insensitive insentient insolent inure

Noun(1 words)

deadness

Adjective(8 words)

desensitize gelid harden hardened hardhearted indurate insensitive insensitize

Related words (81)

inured lapidified lapidify lithifylost to shamemerciless numb numbed obdurate obtuse ossified ossify pachydermatous petrified petrify philistineproof againstreinforced remorseless rigidified

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Adjective(14 words)

keratinized patchnumb pachydermatous psychopathic remorseless soullessthickened patchthickened skintoughen unempathetic unfeelingunfeeling beingunloving unpitying

Noun(2 words)

people insensitivestoney

Adjective(1 words)

stern

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries

affective changeanatomical featureemotional processingharden indurate inurepersonality traitskin conditiontissue modification

More specific

15 entries

auricular callositycalcaneal calluscallosity callus cruelty desensitizationdigital callositydigital callusemotional detachmentemotional numbnessindifferencenasal callositypalmar callusplantar callusunempathic behavior

Collocations

15 entries

callous attitudecallous behaviorcallous disregardcallous indifferencecallous rhetoriccalloused handscalloused indifferencecallousness towardcallus formationcallus removaldigital callusemotional callousnesspalmar callusplantar callusthickened skin

Inflections

6 entries

calloused callouses callousing callusesmore callousmost callous

Derivations

4 entries

callosity calloused callously callousness

similar

3 entries

insensitive tough toughened

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is callous.

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You're callous.

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How can you be so callous?

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I think Tom is callous.

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