callous

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

   She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.

2. adjective Having calluses, or relating to calluses.
3. noun Alternative form of callus.
4. verb Alternative form of callus.

Similar words

insensitive thick-skinned indurate cold-hearted inhumane ruthless unkind pitiless merciless inhuman

Often followed by

and to indifference disregard as attitude or in treatment

Word family

calloused callouses callousing callously callousness callousnesses