Callous
adjective
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Her callous comments about the deceased were especially hurtful
Often appears as...
- callous disregard
- callous indifference
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Disapproving
adjective
Hardened skin in an area subjected to friction.
I have a callous on my foot from running
Often appears as...
- callous on foot
- callous on hand
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Academic
verb
To make or become hard; harden.
I have calloused my heart against such sentiments
Often appears as...
- callous heart
- callous mind
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
Her callous comments about the deceased were especially hurtful
Often appears as...
- callous disregard
- callous indifference
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Hardened skin in an area subjected to friction.
I have a callous on my foot from running
Often appears as...
- callous on foot
- callous on hand
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make or become hard; harden.
I have calloused my heart against such sentiments
Often appears as...
- callous heart
- callous mind
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Callous is used to express a strong negative feeling towards someone's behavior.
His callous remark about the poverty-stricken areas shocked everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Insensitive Attitude
Use 'callous' to describe a person who does not care about others' feelings.
She was callous to the suffering of her employees during the layoffs.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
The word often implies that the callous person causes emotional pain.
The manager's callous decision left the team feeling undervalued and hurt.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Callous is used to express a strong negative feeling towards someone's behavior.
His callous remark about the poverty-stricken areas shocked everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Insensitive Attitude
Use 'callous' to describe a person who does not care about others' feelings.
She was callous to the suffering of her employees during the layoffs.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
The word often implies that the callous person causes emotional pain.
The manager's callous decision left the team feeling undervalued and hurt.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Callous is used to express a strong negative feeling towards someone's behavior.
His callous remark about the poverty-stricken areas shocked everyone.
Pro Tip 2/3Insensitive Attitude
Use 'callous' to describe a person who does not care about others' feelings.
She was callous to the suffering of her employees during the layoffs.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Impact
The word often implies that the callous person causes emotional pain.
The manager's callous decision left the team feeling undervalued and hurt.
Compare with
cruelharshheartlessindifferentinsensitivepitilessremorselesssympatheticunfeeling
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María Teresa Kumar: How...
and more importantly, that these issues that Trump tried to ascend his presidency for the second time that were based on racism, that were based on the callousness of treating people and women differently, that they were not going to withstand. And so we do have to rebuild,
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The neuroscience of...
on a grant from the U.K. department of health. My task was to study a group of inmates who had been clinically diagnosed as psychopaths. That meant they were the most callous and the most aggressive of the entire prison population. What lay at the root of their behavior?
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Science in service to...
in healthcare, nutrition, education and overhauling their water infrastructure. However, the arrogance and the callous disregard for public health shown by scientists and engineers at these government agencies is beyond belief.
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Marcus Byrne: The dance...
It starts to search for its house in the right distance away from the food, but it is clearly completely lost. So we know now that this animal uses path integration to find its way around, and the callous experimenter
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The paradox of...
that affected one potato would affect them all. Britain's exploitation and callousness played a role, but it was because of this monoculture that a million people died and another two million were forced to emigrate.
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Everest - Getting to the...
and you're just I don't know it feels very callous this is very strange you come up this long summit ridge and and as it rolled over that final crest you could see like I didn't know maybe
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Four reasons you should...
not callous I'm just rational just setting priorities number three news is toxic to your health news stories constantly triggers the limbic system panicky stories release glucocorticoids
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I love being a police...
That's a great arm -- protection! That's who we are, but we've exercised it so much sometimes that it has led to abuse. It's led to coldness and callousness and dehumanized us.
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The Egyptian myth of...
With each name she invoked, that scorpion’s poison was neutralized. The child stirred, and his mother wept with gratitude and lamented her earlier callousness,
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Watch This Veteran Fly...
sounds so callous but there was much you can do it's always been with me there is no real freedom in these things we're all obligated to something or somebody
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María Teresa Kumar: How...
and more importantly, that these issues that Trump tried to ascend his presidency for the second time that were based on racism, that were based on the callousness of treating people and women differently, that they were not going to withstand. And so we do have to rebuild,
Video examples
The neuroscience of...
on a grant from the U.K. department of health. My task was to study a group of inmates who had been clinically diagnosed as psychopaths. That meant they were the most callous and the most aggressive of the entire prison population. What lay at the root of their behavior?
Video examples
Science in service to...
in healthcare, nutrition, education and overhauling their water infrastructure. However, the arrogance and the callous disregard for public health shown by scientists and engineers at these government agencies is beyond belief.
Video examples
Marcus Byrne: The dance...
It starts to search for its house in the right distance away from the food, but it is clearly completely lost. So we know now that this animal uses path integration to find its way around, and the callous experimenter
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The paradox of...
that affected one potato would affect them all. Britain's exploitation and callousness played a role, but it was because of this monoculture that a million people died and another two million were forced to emigrate.
Video examples
Everest - Getting to the...
and you're just I don't know it feels very callous this is very strange you come up this long summit ridge and and as it rolled over that final crest you could see like I didn't know maybe
Video examples
Four reasons you should...
not callous I'm just rational just setting priorities number three news is toxic to your health news stories constantly triggers the limbic system panicky stories release glucocorticoids
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I love being a police...
That's a great arm -- protection! That's who we are, but we've exercised it so much sometimes that it has led to abuse. It's led to coldness and callousness and dehumanized us.
Video examples
The Egyptian myth of...
With each name she invoked, that scorpion’s poison was neutralized. The child stirred, and his mother wept with gratitude and lamented her earlier callousness,
Video examples
Watch This Veteran Fly...
sounds so callous but there was much you can do it's always been with me there is no real freedom in these things we're all obligated to something or somebody
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D. B. Weiss
American Author
Who doesn't love 'Frogger?' It draws its power from our shared memories of powerlessness. Wherever we are now, at one time or another we have all felt the poor frog's anxiety in the face of the world's intransigence, its blind and callous disregard for our happiness or well-being.
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James Norton
English Actor
I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write off their actions as cruel, callous and completely calculated, but actually, the truth is that they have interests and reasons behind their actions.
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John Yarmuth
American Politician
I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.
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Martin Garrix
Dutch Musician
Using social media to hurt and destroy is callous, acted out by cowards hiding behind computers. My advice is to ignore negativity. Focus on the love around.
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John Lydon
English Musician
I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
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Robert Greenwald
American Director
It appears the Kochs are among the most defensive billionaires, preferring the comfy confines of their callous and intellectually dishonest world view.
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Eric Dickerson
American Athlete
I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.
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Jodie Turner-Smith
British Model
That callousness that comes from feeling like you have to survive on your own - I really empathized with that.
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Rob Bishop
American Politician
The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.
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Winnie Byanyima
Ugandan Politician
Conflict and callous politics drive famine.
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D. B. Weiss
American Author
Who doesn't love 'Frogger?' It draws its power from our shared memories of powerlessness. Wherever we are now, at one time or another we have all felt the poor frog's anxiety in the face of the world's intransigence, its blind and callous disregard for our happiness or well-being.
Quote examples
James Norton
English Actor
I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write off their actions as cruel, callous and completely calculated, but actually, the truth is that they have interests and reasons behind their actions.
Quote examples
John Yarmuth
American Politician
I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.
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Martin Garrix
Dutch Musician
Using social media to hurt and destroy is callous, acted out by cowards hiding behind computers. My advice is to ignore negativity. Focus on the love around.
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John Lydon
English Musician
I'm not this callous clown walking around laughing at life all the time. I've had some serious, serious problems in my life. But I've come out with a smile.
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Robert Greenwald
American Director
It appears the Kochs are among the most defensive billionaires, preferring the comfy confines of their callous and intellectually dishonest world view.
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Eric Dickerson
American Athlete
I'll tell you one thing about me: I'm very private. I always have been private. People think I'm callous, arrogant. I didn't like the media attention.
Quote examples
Jodie Turner-Smith
British Model
That callousness that comes from feeling like you have to survive on your own - I really empathized with that.
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Rob Bishop
American Politician
The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.
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Winnie Byanyima
Ugandan Politician
Conflict and callous politics drive famine.
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