callous

English

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

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.

emotionally hardened

Bulgarian: безчувствен (bg) (bezčuvstven), безсърдечен (bg) (bezsǎrdečen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無情的 (zh), 无情的 (zh) (wúqíng de), 鐵石心腸的 (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

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)

having calluses

callous (plural callouses)

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