Definitions for callous

callous cal·lous

Spelling: [kal-uh s]
IPA: /ˈkæl əs/

Callous is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in callous (acllosu).

Definitions for callous

adjective

  1. made hard; hardened.
  2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic:
  3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to make or become hard or callous.

Origin of callous

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin callōsus hard-skinned, tough, equivalent to call(um) tough skin, any hard substance + -ōsus -ous

Examples for callous

The problem is that, when exposed to the political limelight, Carson's “gifted hands” have become careless, callous.

Is it the frequency of the punishment that has made you callous to the ignominy and the pain?

Perhaps the most callous Israeli response, however, came from economy minister Naftali Bennett.

He was hardened, steeped in guilt, and callous as to the sufferings of others.

I think you will be able to take care of yourself in a cold and callous world.

Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.

The deal, critics charge, was at best a bad one and at worst, a callous political move.

Is Fisher really so callous in feeling that her hard work ought be “affirmed” just like that of black students?

Is this the picture of a callous culture that chews these young men up and spits them out?

What a gladdening result for the sensation-loving minds of the callous!

Word Value for callous
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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