callousness

callousness
The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

Fred was known for his callousness; local panhandlers had long since learned not to try their sob stories on him.


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  • callousness — cal lous*ness n. lack of passion or feeling. Syn: unfeelingness, hardness, insensibility. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • callousness — index disinterest (lack of interest), disregard (lack of respect) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • callousness — callous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ insensitive and cruel. ► NOUN variant spelling of CALLUS(Cf. ↑callused). DERIVATIVES callously adverb callousness noun. ORIGIN Latin callosus hard skinned …   English terms dictionary

  • callousness — noun see callous I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • callousness — See callously. * * * …   Universalium

  • callousness — Synonyms and related words: Philistinism, analgesia, anesthesia, armor, callosity, callus, coldbloodedness, coldheartedness, coldness, deadness, density, dullness, durity, electronarcosis, flintiness, formidable defenses, hard heart, hard shell,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • callousness — cal·lous·ness || kælÉ™snɪs n. hardness; heartlessness, lack of sympathy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • callousness — cal·lous·ness …   English syllables

  • callousness — See: callous …   English dictionary

  • callousness — noun devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑unfeelingness, ↑callosity, ↑hardness, ↑insensibility • Derivationally related forms: ↑insensible (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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