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A Word A Day : Callous
Tuesday, 9th October 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Callous
Pronunciation : kál-less
1. Showing no concern that other people are or might be hurt or upset
2. Emotionally hardened
3. Deficient in human sensibility
14th century. Directly or via French - Latin callosus "hardened by friction" - callus "hard skin
Note:callous or callus? Do not confuse the spelling of callous and callus, which sound similar. Callous is an adjective meaning "insensitive or unfeeling," as in a callous remark. Callus is a noun that usually denotes a patch of thickened skin on the hand or foot.
Heartless, Unfeeling, Uncaring, Insensitive, Unsympathetic, Cold, Cruel, Pitiless, Hard, Thick-Skinned, Cold-Hearted, Hardhearted
Warm-hearted, Lovable
• But, indeed, from what I saw, all these buccaneers were as callous as the sea they sailed on.
• Callous as they were to my suffering, they were equally callous to their own when anything befell them.
1. Callously : Adverb
2. Callousness : Noun
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