English-Thai Dictionary

callous

ADJ ใจดำ  hardhearted jai-dam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALLOUS

a. 1. Hard; hardened; indurated; as an ulcer or some part of the body.
2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling.

 

CALLOUSLY

adv. In a hardened or unfeeling manner.

 

CALLOUSNESS

n.Hardness, induration, applied to the body; insensibility, applied to the mind or heart.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALLOUS

Cal "lous, a. Etym: [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux. ]

 

1. Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand. " Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer. " Dunglison.

 

2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist. " Macaulay. It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.

 

Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. -- Cal "lous *ly, adv. -- Cal "lous *ness, n. A callousness and numbness of soul. Bentley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

callous

cal lous |ˈkaləs ˈkæləs | ▶adjective showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others: his callous comments about the murder made me shiver. ▶noun variant spelling of callus. DERIVATIVES cal lous ly adverb, cal lous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the Latin sense ): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned. ’

 

calloused

cal loused |ˈkaləst | ▶adjective variant spelling of callused.

 

Oxford Dictionary

callous

cal |lous |ˈkaləs | ▶adjective showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others: his callous comments about the murder made me shiver. ▶noun variant spelling of callus. DERIVATIVES callously adverb, callousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the Latin sense ): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned ’.

 

calloused

calloused |ˈkaləsd |(also callused ) ▶adjective (of a part of the body ) having an area of hardened skin: a calloused palm.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

callous

callous adjective his callous disregard for other people's feelings: heartless, unfeeling, uncaring, cold, cold-hearted, hard, as hard as nails, hard-hearted, insensitive, lacking compassion, hard-bitten, hard-nosed, hard-edged, unsympathetic. ANTONYMS kind, compassionate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

callous

callous adjective his callous disregard for the feelings and wishes of others: heartless, unfeeling, uncaring, cold, cold-hearted, hard, as hard as nails, hard-hearted, with a heart of stone, stony-hearted, insensitive, lacking compassion, hard-bitten, cold-blooded, hardened, case-hardened, harsh, cruel, ruthless, brutal; unsympathetic, uncharitable, indifferent, unconcerned, unsusceptible, insensible, bloodless, soulless; informal hard-boiled; rare indurate, indurated, marble-hearted. ANTONYMS kind, compassionate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

callous

cal lous /kǽləs /〖原義は 2 〗形容詞 1 ｟比喩的に ｠ «…に » 無情な, 心ない ; 冷淡な ; 無頓着 （むとんちやく ）な «to , toward » (↔sensitive ).2 〘医 〙〈皮膚が 〉硬くなった, タコになった .名詞 C (皮膚の )タコ (callus ).～ly 副詞 冷淡に, 無情に (も ).～ness 名詞 U 冷淡さ, 無情さ ; 無神経さ .

 

calloused

c á l loused /-t /形容詞 〈皮膚などが 〉タコのある ; 硬くなった .