Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.
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Callousness
Synonyms for "callousness" (78 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (39)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πώρωσις noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Dutch
1 entries- ongevoeligheid noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Finnish
3 entries- kylmäsydämisyys noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- kylmäverisyys noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- känsäisyys noun (quality of having calluses)
French
1 entries- insensibilité noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Galician
4 entries- desconsideración noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- desdén noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- indiferenza noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- insensibilidade noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
German
4 entries- Abgebrühtheit noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- Gefühllosigkeit noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- Herzlosigkeit noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- Kaltschnäuzigkeit noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹 noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Hindi
3 entries- अनुरागहीनता noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- उदासीनता noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- संवेदनहीनता noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Irish
1 entries- cruachroíocht noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Polish
2 entries- bezduszność noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- znieczulica noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Russian
1 entries- бесчу́вственность noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
Spanish
1 entries- callosidad noun (quality of having calluses)
Turkish
2 entries- katılık noun (quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference)
- nasırlılık noun (quality of having calluses)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.
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"The image of workers who had embraced each other as concrete crushed them — that final act of human kindness in the face of death — shattered my callousness completely."
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