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adjective

Callous adj.

Hardened; indurated. "A callous hand." "A callous ulcer."

Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." "It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule."

Synonyms: Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. "A callousness and numbness of soul."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Callous" Quotes from Famous Books

... African glow, the adventurous life, with peril continually for a fellow-traveller, a familiarity with weird and shocking deeds, an utter indifference to human suffering and human life, had strangely affected his inner self. Callous to the woes of others, yet high strung to a degree, his nature at this time presented a stage of complexity which was utterly baffling. That mesmeric property to which Hazon had alluded more than once as one ...

— The Sign of the Spider • Bertram Mitford

... {16} saying that you must not remember your forefathers, nor tolerate speakers who recalled your trophies and your victories by sea; and that he would frame and propose a law, that you should assist no Hellene who had not previously assisted you. These words he had the callous shamelessness to utter in the very presence and hearing of the ambassadors[n] whom you had summoned from the Hellenic states, in pursuance of the advice which he himself had given you, before he ...

— The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 • Demosthenes

... TEMPTATIONS.—As long as his heart is bound up in its first bundle of love and devotedness—as long as his affections remain reciprocated and uninterrupted—so long temptations cannot take effect. This heart is callous to the charms of others, and the very idea of bestowing his affections upon another is abhorrent. Much more so is animal indulgence, ...

— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

... mad torrent of feeling and shame which had been sweeping her away. She could think of little more than that she was safe—safe because he was brave and loyal—and yes, safe because he wanted her and would not give her up. The heart of a woman must be callous indeed, and her nature not only trivial but stony if she is not deeply touched ...

— He Fell in Love with His Wife • Edward P. Roe

... the graceful circumstance, the mirth that he now so reluctantly witnessed differed from the brutal revels in the convent of Santa Maria—each alike in its motive, though so differing in the manner—equally callous and equally selfish, coining horror into enjoyment. The fair Mariana, whose partner had been reft from her, as the Queen had related, was in no mind to lose the new one she had gained. She pressed upon him from time to time the wine-flask and the fruits; ...

— Rienzi • Edward Bulwer Lytton

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