Meaning

2 senses
  1. (figuratively)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.

    gefühllos, verhärtet, abgestumpft

    чёрствыйčórstvyj, бессерде́чныйbesserdéčnyj, безду́шныйbezdúšnyj

    безду́шнийbezdúšnyj, безсерде́чнийbezserdéčnyj, нечу́лийnečúlyj

    emotionally hardened

  2. (literally)Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

    schwielig

    мозо́листыйmozólistyj

    мозоля́стийmozoljástyj

    having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear

Examples

20 sentences
  1. How can you be so callous?

    Як ви можете бути такими черствими?

    ruКак можешь ты быть таким бессердечным?

    deWie kannst du nur so herzlos sein?

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  2. Tom is callous.

    Том черствий.

    deTom ist gefühllos.

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  3. I think that Tom is callous.

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  4. I think Tom is callous.

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  5. Her husband is callous and misogynous.

    Її чоловік черствий та мізогінний.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
emotionally hardened:
having calluses:
Русский
By meaning 2
emotionally hardened:
having calluses:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
emotionally hardened:
having calluses:

Origin

From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.

From Latin callōsus (“hard-skinned”), from callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.

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Forms

more callous, most callous
Comparativemore callous Lesson
Superlativemost callous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

42 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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