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" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
densitydullnessdurityelectronarcosisflintinessformidable defenseshard hearthard shellhardenednesshardheartednesshardnesshardness of heartheartheart of stoneheartlessnessimpassibilityimpenetrabilityimpenitenceimpenitentnessimperception
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Noun(2 words)
heartlessnessimpersonal harshness
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More general
6 entriesaffective traitinsensitivenessinsensitivityinstitutional traitpersonality traitsystemic characteristic
More specific
6 entriesadministrative numbnessbureaucratic coldnessdetachmentemotional numbnesshardheartednessprocedural indifference
Collocations
6 entriescallous disregardcold indifferenceemotional callousnessheartless attitudemoral callousnesssystemic callousness
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2 entriesSample 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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