English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin callōsus ( “ hard-skinned ” ) , from callum ( “ hardened skin ” ) + -ōsus
Pronunciation
Adjective
callous (comparative more callous , superlative most callous )
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. Having calluses .
Synonyms
Translations
emotionally hardened
Bulgarian: безчувствен (bg) ( bezčuvstven ) , безсърдечен (bg) ( bezsǎrdečen )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無情的 ／ 无情的 (zh) , 无情的 (zh) ( wúqíng de ) , 鐵石心腸的 ／ 铁石心肠的 (zh) , 铁石心肠的 (zh) ( tiěshí xīncháng de )
Czech: otrlý
Dutch: ongevoelig (nl) , hard (nl) , gevoelloos (nl) , bot (nl) , harteloos (nl) , afgestompt (nl)
Finnish: tunteeton (fi) , kylmä (fi) , sydämetön (fi)
French: endurci (fr) , sans-cœur (fr) , insensible (fr) m or f
Galician: frío (gl) m indolente m insensible (gl) m desconsiderado m endurecido m cínico (gl) m
German: gefühllos (de) , verhärtet (de) , abgestumpft herzlos (de)
Greek: σκληρόκαρδος (el) ( sklirókardos ) , άκαρδος (el) ( ákardos )
Hungarian: kérges (hu) , keményszívű (hu) , érzéketlen (hu)
Icelandic: kaldgeðja m tilfinningalaus (is) m harðgeðja m harðlyndur m harðbrjósta m fólskulegur (is) m
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: cinico (it) , insensibile (it)
Lithuanian: bejausmis
Maori: ueke ngākau-rahirahi tītonga
Old English: unfēlende ungefēle
Polish: bezduszny (pl)
Portuguese: insensível (pt)
Romanian: nesimțit (ro)
Russian: чёрствый (ru) ( čórstvyj ) , бессерде́чный (ru) ( besserdéčnyj ) , безду́шный (ru) ( bezdúšnyj ) , бесчу́вственный (ru) ( besčúvstvennyj )
Serbo-Croatian: nemilosrdan (sh) , bezosjećajan (sh) , tvrd (sh)
Spanish: insensible (es) , cruel (es) , desconsiderado (es)
Swedish: känslolös (sv) , känslokall (sv) , hjärtlös (sv)
Noun
callous (plural callouses
Alternative form of callus