ADJECTIVE | all | callous, indurate, pachydermatous | emotionally hardened |
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all | callous, calloused, thickened | having calluses | |
VERB | change | callous, cauterize, cauterise | make insensitive or callous |
Sounds | kae'lahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | emotionally hardened. | |
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Example | "a callous indifference to suffering" | |
Synonyms | indurate, pachydermatous | |
Broader | insensitive | Deficient in human sensibility |
Spanish | duro, insensible | |
Nouns | callousness, callosity | devoid of passion or feeling |
Adverbs | callously | in a callous way |
Meaning | Having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear. | |
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Synonyms | calloused, thickened | |
Broader | tough, toughened | physically toughened |
Spanish | calloso | |
Nouns | callosity | an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) |
Meaning | make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | cauterize, cauterise | |
Broader | inure, harden, indurate | Cause to accept or become hardened to |
Spanish | insensibilizar | |
Catalan | insensibilitzar |
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